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Fedora 23: 2016-15037 Severe Libpng Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey October 3, 2015
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Crucial Fedora 22 patch addresses libwmf buffer overflow, enhancing protection against possible risks and weaknesses.
libwmf-0.2.8.4-46.fc22 - Related: rhbz#1227244 CVE-2015-4696 fix patch context

Summary

A library for reading and converting Windows MetaFile vector graphics (WMF).

Update Information:

libwmf-0.2.8.4-46.fc22 - Related: rhbz#1227244 CVE-2015-4696 fix patch context

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue fedora critical software patch heap overflow libwmf

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1227244 - CVE-2015-0848 libwmf: heap overflow when decoding BMP images [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227244

Update Instructions

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

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Name: libwmf
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 0.2.8.4
Release: 46.fc22
URL: https://wvware.sourceforge.net/libwmf.html
Summary: Windows MetaFile Library

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue fedora critical software patch heap overflow libwmf

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