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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2016-5c3d057783
2016-12-31 03:55:57.197162
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Name        : libbsd
Product     : Fedora 24
Version     : 0.8.3
Release     : 1.fc24
URL         : https://libbsd.freedesktop.org/wiki/
Summary     : Library providing BSD-compatible functions for portability
Description :
libbsd provides useful functions commonly found on BSD systems, and
lacking on others like GNU systems, thus making it easier to port
projects with strong BSD origins, without needing to embed the same
code over and over again on each project.

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Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-2090
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1302622 - CVE-2016-2090 libbsd: heap buffer overflow in fgetwln function
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302622
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade libbsd' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 24: libbsd Security Update

December 31, 2016
Security fix for CVE-2016-2090

Summary

libbsd provides useful functions commonly found on BSD systems, and

lacking on others like GNU systems, thus making it easier to port

projects with strong BSD origins, without needing to embed the same

code over and over again on each project.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-2090

Change Log

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1302622 - CVE-2016-2090 libbsd: heap buffer overflow in fgetwln function https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302622

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade libbsd' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Severity
Name : libbsd
Product : Fedora 24
Version : 0.8.3
Release : 1.fc24
URL : https://libbsd.freedesktop.org/wiki/
Summary : Library providing BSD-compatible functions for portability

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