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Fedora 23: FEDORA-2016-12345 Moderate: mingw-LibPNG Stack Overflow

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2015
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Patch issued for mingw-LibRaw rectifying a data validation vulnerability, boosting safety and operational reliability.
Update to version 0.16.1, see https://www.libraw.org/download for details

Summary

MinGW Windows LibRaw library.

Update Information:

Update to version 0.16.1, see https://www.libraw.org//download#changelog for details. Security fix for CVE-2015-3885.

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security advisory moderate buffer overflow Fedora security fix input sanitization mingw-LibRaw

Change Log

* Mon May 11 2015 Sandro Mani - 0.16.1-1 - Update to 0.16.1

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1221249 - CVE-2015-3885 dcraw: input sanitization flaw leading to buffer overflow https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1221249

Update Instructions

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

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Name: mingw-LibRaw
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 0.16.1
Release: 1.fc22
URL: https://www.libraw.org/
Summary: Library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo cameras

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow Fedora security fix input sanitization mingw-LibRaw

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