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Fedora 25: FEDORA-2017-14cfb5e8fd Major: libXpm Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey January 29, 2017
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Important enhancement for Fedora 24's libXpm component tackling a buffer overflow vulnerability, improving overall system integrity.
Security fix for CVE-2016-10164

Summary

X.Org X11 libXpm runtime library

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-10164

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora critical update libXpm out-of-bounds

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1416410 - CVE-2016-10164 libXpm: Out-of-bounds write in XPM extension parsing https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416410

Update Instructions

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

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Name: libXpm
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 3.5.12
Release: 1.fc24
URL: https://www.x.org/wiki/
Summary: X.Org X11 libXpm runtime library

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora critical update libXpm out-of-bounds

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