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Fedora 25: Critical libdwarf Update for Multiple Security Issues

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A recent libdwarf update introduces essential security enhancements for Fedora 25, resolving several vulnerabilities. Ensure your system is secure by upgrading today.
Update to libdward 20170416

Summary

Library to access the DWARF debugging file format which supports

source level debugging of a number of procedural languages, such as C, C++,

and Fortran. Please see https://dwarfstd.org/ for DWARF specification.

Update to libdward 20170416

[ 1 ] Bug #1399992 - CVE-2016-9275 CVE-2016-9276 CVE-2016-9480 CVE-2016-9558 libdwarf: various flaws [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1399992

[ 2 ] Bug #1442649 - libdwarf-20170416 is available

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1442649

su -c 'dnf upgrade libdwarf' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org

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Product: Fedora 25
Version: 20170416
Release: 1.fc25
Summary: Library to access the DWARF Debugging file format

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