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Fedora 24: 2016-bc51f4636f Critical: libgit2 Memory Access Issues

fedora
Calendar Grey October 18, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
An important security update for libgit2 resolves severe memory handling vulnerabilities in Fedora 24, promoting safer operational integrity.
Security fix for CVE-2016-8568, CVE-2016-8569 ---- Update to 0.24.2

Summary

libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods

provided as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API, allowing

you to write native speed custom Git applications in any language

with bindings.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-8568, CVE-2016-8569 ---- Update to 0.24.2

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora software fix memory access libgit2

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1383212 - CVE-2016-8568 CVE-2016-8569 libgit2: Invalid memory accesses parsing object files [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383212 [ 2 ] Bug #1381398 - libgit2-0.24.2 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381398

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libgit2' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: libgit2
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 0.24.2
Release: 2.fc24
URL: https://libgit2.org/
Summary: C implementation of the Git core methods as a library with a solid API

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora software fix memory access libgit2

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