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Fedora 25: FEDORA-2016-fc8577bf00 Critical: Openjpeg2 Security Update

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Important security update for the openjpeg2 package in Fedora 25 addresses critical vulnerabilities CVE-2016-9573 and CVE-2016-9572. Update now
This updates adds a patch to fix CVE-2016-9573 and CVE-2016-9572.

Summary

The OpenJPEG library is an open-source JPEG 2000 library developed in order to

promote the use of JPEG 2000.

This package contains

* JPEG 2000 codec compliant with the Part 1 of the standard (Class-1 Profile-1

compliance).

* JP2 (JPEG 2000 standard Part 2 - Handling of JP2 boxes and extended multiple

component transforms for multispectral and hyperspectral imagery)

Update Information:

This updates adds a patch to fix CVE-2016-9573 and CVE-2016-9572.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora critical fix openjpeg2 CVE-2016-9573 CVE-2016-9572

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1402718 - CVE-2016-9573 CVE-2016-9572 openjpeg2: various flaws [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402718

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade openjpeg2' 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: openjpeg2
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 2.1.2
Release: 2.fc25
URL: https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg
Summary: C-Library for JPEG 2000

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora critical fix openjpeg2 CVE-2016-9573 CVE-2016-9572

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