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Fedora 26: Update libXcursor 1.1.15 Critical: Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey March 6, 2018
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Important Fedora patch for libXcursor addressing a buffer overflow flaw. Please update to maintain system integrity.
libXcursor 1.1.15

Summary

This is a simple library designed to help locate and load cursors.

Cursors can be loaded from files or memory. A library of common cursors

exists which map to the standard X cursor names.Cursors can exist in

several sizes and the library automatically picks the best size.

libXcursor 1.1.15

[ 1 ] Bug #1518479 - CVE-2017-16612 libXcursor: file.c: heap-based buffer overflow when reading/creating images [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1518479

su -c 'dnf upgrade libXcursor' 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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https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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Product: Fedora 26
Version: 1.1.15
Release: 1.fc26
Summary: Cursor management library

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