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Fedora: FEDORA-2015-decbab7c9f Critical: Mingw-Freeimage Integer Overflow

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Calendar Grey November 23, 2015
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Upgrade mingw-freeimage to release 3.17.0, addressing crucial integer overflow vulnerabilities to bolster security measures.
Update to version 3.17.0, see https://freeimage.sourceforge.io/news.html for details

Summary

MinGW Windows freeimage library.

Update Information:

Update to version 3.17.0, see https://freeimage.sourceforge.io/news.html for details. This update also includes a patch for CVE-2015-0852.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update Fedora integer overflow mingw-freeimage

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1257861 - CVE-2015-0852 mingw-freeimage: freeimage: integer overflow in PluginPCX.cpp [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257861

Update Instructions

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

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Name: mingw-freeimage
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 3.17.0
Release: 1.fc23
URL: https://freeimage.sourceforge.io/
Summary: MinGW Windows freeimage library

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update Fedora integer overflow mingw-freeimage

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