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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-13336
2015-08-12 19:48:33
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Name        : libpgf
Product     : Fedora 23
Version     : 6.14.12
Release     : 4.fc23
URL         : https://libpgf.org/
Summary     : PGF (Progressive Graphics File) library
Description :
libPGF contains an implementation of the Progressive Graphics File (PGF)
which is a new image file format, that is based on a discrete, fast
wavelet transform with progressive coding features. PGF can be used
for lossless and lossy compression.

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Update Information:

Backport upstream fixes: Use-after-free bug in Decoder.cpp
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1251749 - Use-after-free bug in Decoder.cpp
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251749
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update libpgf' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
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Fedora 23: libpgf Security Update

August 19, 2015
Backport upstream fixes: Use-after-free bug in Decoder.cpp

Summary

libPGF contains an implementation of the Progressive Graphics File (PGF)

which is a new image file format, that is based on a discrete, fast

wavelet transform with progressive coding features. PGF can be used

for lossless and lossy compression.

Update Information:

Backport upstream fixes: Use-after-free bug in Decoder.cpp

Change Log

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1251749 - Use-after-free bug in Decoder.cpp https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251749

Update Instructions

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

Severity
Name : libpgf
Product : Fedora 23
Version : 6.14.12
Release : 4.fc23
URL : https://libpgf.org/
Summary : PGF (Progressive Graphics File) library

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