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Fedora 24: FEDORA-2016-d4573a5c53 Critical: p7zip Buffer Overflow

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The recent p7zip patch for Fedora 24 fixes a major security vulnerability, CVE-2016-9296. This update is vital for protecting your system from threats. Here are the exact steps to upgrade.
Security fix for CVE-2016-9296

Summary

p7zip is a port of 7za.exe for Unix. 7-Zip is a file archiver with a very high

compression ratio. The original version can be found at https://7-zip.org/.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-9296

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Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1394790 - CVE-2016-9296 p7zip: Null pointer dereference in 7zIn.cpp https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1394790

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade p7zip' 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: p7zip
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 16.02
Release: 2.fc24
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Summary: Very high compression ratio file archiver

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