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Fedora 25: 2017-21edf966b0 Moderate: mingw-libgsf Null Pointer Issue

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Calendar Grey January 17, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Essential security patch for mingw-libgsf targeting null dereference vulnerability CVE-2016-9888 in the Fedora 25 version.
Security fix for CVE-2016-9888

Summary

MinGW Windows port of the library for reading and writing structured files.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-9888

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora null pointer mingw-libgsf CVE-2016-9888

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 mingw-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: mingw-libgsf
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 1.14.41
Release: 1.fc25
URL: https://www.gnome.org/
Summary: MinGW build of structured file editing library

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora null pointer mingw-libgsf CVE-2016-9888

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