Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 619
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 619

Fedora 24 Security Advisory 2016-5c3d057783: Critical Libbsd Heap Overflow

fedora
Calendar Grey December 31, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Important security patch for Fedora 24 tackling buffer overflow vulnerability in libbsd to fortify system defenses.
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

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora security fix heap overflow system update libbsd

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
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

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

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora security fix heap overflow system update libbsd

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Related News

Your message here