Explore top 10 tips to secure your open-source projects now. Read More

×
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 521
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 521

Fedora 25: Libwebp Update 21-33-00 Critical Integer Overflow Fix

fedora
Calendar Grey November 19, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Important Fedora 25 patch resolves integer overflow vulnerabilities in libwebp by implementing an upstream fix to bolster security.
This update backports an upstream patch to fix multiple integer overflows (CVE-2016-9085).

Summary

WebP is an image format that does lossy compression of digital

photographic images. WebP consists of a codec based on VP8, and a

container based on RIFF. Webmasters, web developers and browser

developers can use WebP to compress, archive and distribute digital

images more efficiently.

Update Information:

This update backports an upstream patch to fix multiple integer overflows (CVE-2016-9085).

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Fedora integer overflow libwebp

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1389338 - CVE-2016-9085 libwebp: Several integer overflows https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1389338

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade libwebp' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Name: libwebp
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 0.5.1
Release: 2.fc25
URL: https://www.webmproject.org/
Summary: Library and tools for the WebP graphics format

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Fedora integer overflow libwebp

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.