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Fedora 25: FEDORA-2016-6ba1694d89 Critical: libgsf Null Pointer Issue

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Calendar Grey December 11, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Patch released for libgsf, resolving CVE-2016-9888 in Fedora 25. Users can obtain updates through the dnf package manager.
* Security fix for CVE-2016-9888

Summary

A library for reading and writing structured files (e.g. MS OLE and Zip)

Update Information:

* Security fix for CVE-2016-9888

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update Fedora security patch libgsf null pointer dereference

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1403198 - CVE-2016-9888 libgsf: Null pointer dereference in tar_directory_for_file() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403198

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade libgsf' 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: libgsf
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 1.14.33
Release: 4.fc25
URL: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps
Summary: GNOME Structured File library

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update Fedora security patch libgsf null pointer dereference

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