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Fedora 23: 2015-13668fff74 Moderate: Mingw-Libpng Buffer Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey November 27, 2015
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Fedora 23 has issued a critical security patch targeting a buffer overflow vulnerability in mingw-libpng linked to CVE-2015-8126. This is a significant update.
libpng 1.6.19 release, fixing CVE-2015-8126

Summary

MinGW Windows Libpng library.

Update Information:

libpng 1.6.19 release, fixing CVE-2015-8126

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security advisory buffer overflow software update Fedora moderate severity libpng mingw library

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1281756 - CVE-2015-8126 libpng: Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in png_get_PLTE/png_set_PLTE functions https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281756

Update Instructions

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

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Name: mingw-libpng
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 1.6.19
Release: 1.fc23
URL: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
Summary: MinGW Windows Libpng library

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow software update Fedora moderate severity libpng mingw library

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