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Fedora 26: 2017-961cd53028 Critical: libdwarf Debugging Issue

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Dive into the newest Fedora security advisory regarding libdwarf, highlighting key updates that tackle a variety of vulnerabilities and enhancements.
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 #1442649 - libdwarf-20170416 is available

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

[ 2 ] 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

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

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Product: Fedora 26
Version: 20170416
Release: 1.fc26
Summary: Library to access the DWARF Debugging file format

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