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Fedora 25 gnome-boxes Security Update Fixes Password Storage Issue

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Calendar Grey February 8, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The latest patch for gnome-boxes in Fedora 25 resolves critical keyring vulnerability concerns and improves overall stability.
gnome-boxes 3.22.4 release, fixing a possible security issue with storing the express installation password in clear text

Summary

gnome-boxes lets you easily create, setup, access, and use:

* remote machines

* remote virtual machines

* local virtual machines

* When technology permits, set up access for applications on

local virtual machines

Update Information:

gnome-boxes 3.22.4 release, fixing a possible security issue with storing the express installation password in clear text. - Store the user password in the keyring during an express installation. - Fix typo in debug string in vm- configurator. - Fix printf format strings in the selectiontoolbar.

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Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-fc0140d4c5 2017-02-07 22:20:34.555923
Name : gnome-boxes Product : Fedora 25 Version : 3.22.4 Release : 1.fc25 URL : https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes Summary : A simple GNOME 3 application to access remote or virtual systems Description : gnome-boxes lets you easily create, setup, access, and use: * remote machines * remote virtual machines * local virtual machines * When technology permits, set up access for applications on local virtual machines

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade gnome-boxes' 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: gnome-boxes
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 3.22.4
Release: 1.fc25
URL: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes
Summary: A simple GNOME 3 application to access remote or virtual systems

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue software update Fedora password management gnome-boxes

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