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Fedora 24: Critical Update for mingw-openjpeg2 Null Pointer Issue

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Calendar Grey October 9, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The recent update to the mingw-openjpeg2 library in Fedora 24 addresses a significant null pointer vulnerability. Users can obtain this patch through yum to benefit from the improvements.
Update to version 2.1.2, see https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/blob/v2.1.2/CHANGELOG.md for details.

Summary

MinGW Windows openjpeg2 library.

Update Information:

Update to version 2.1.2, see https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/blob/v2.1.2/CHANGELOG.md for details.

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security advisory update Fedora null pointer mingw-openjpeg2

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1377345 - CVE-2016-7445 openjpeg2: Null pointer dereference in convert.c https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377345

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update mingw-openjpeg2' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: mingw-openjpeg2
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 2.1.2
Release: 1.fc24
URL: https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg
Summary: MinGW Windows openjpeg2 library

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Topics Covered

security advisory update Fedora null pointer mingw-openjpeg2

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