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Fedora 22 Potrace Enhancement: BMP File Management Issue Resolved

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Calendar Grey December 8, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The new security patch for Potrace on Fedora 22 addresses vulnerabilities in handling BMP files. Safeguard your system now!
Fix issues with BMP files.

Summary

Potrace is a utility for tracing a bitmap, which means, transforming a bitmap

into a smooth, scalable image. The input is a bitmap (PBM, PGM, PPM, or BMP

format), and the default output is an encapsulated PostScript file (EPS).

A typical use is to create EPS files from scanned data, such as company or

university logos, handwritten notes, etc. The resulting image is not "jaggy"

like a bitmap, but smooth. It can then be rendered at any resolution.

Potrace can currently produce the following output formats: EPS, PostScript,

PDF, SVG (scalable vector graphics), Xfig, Gimppath, and PGM (for easy

antialiasing). Additional backends might be added in the future.

Mkbitmap is a program distributed with Potrace which can be used to pre-process

the input for better tracing behavior on greyscale and color images.

Update Information:

Fix issues with BMP files.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora vector graphics Potrace BMP file fix

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1277876 - potrace: flaws in processing of BMP files [epel-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277876 [ 2 ] Bug #1277875 - potrace: flaws in processing of BMP files [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277875 [ 3 ] Bug #1274711 - potrace-1.13 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274711

Update Instructions

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

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Name: potrace
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 1.13
Release: 2.fc22
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Summary: Transform bitmaps into vector graphics

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora vector graphics Potrace BMP file fix

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