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Fedora 22: 2015-7993 Critical: LibRaw dcraw Buffer Overflow

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Fedora 22 LibRaw patch improves safety by fixing dcraw flaw in ljpeg_start(), boosting overall defense.
Fixed dcraw vulnerability in ljpeg_start()

Summary

LibRaw is a library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo

cameras (CRW/CR2, NEF, RAF, DNG, and others).

LibRaw is based on the source codes of the dcraw utility, where part of

drawbacks have already been eliminated and part will be fixed in future.

Update Information:

Fixed dcraw vulnerability in ljpeg_start()

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Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1220382 - LibRaw-0.16.1 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1220382

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update LibRaw' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: LibRaw
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 0.16.1
Release: 6.fc22
URL: https://www.libraw.org/
Summary: Library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo cameras

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