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Fedora: 2017-03c5f27205 Critical Threat Fix For MingW-Libtiff

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Calendar Grey June 9, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Crucial security updates for mingw-libtiff in Fedora 26 targeting multiple issues and potential threats.
Security fixes.

Summary

The libtiff package contains a library of functions for manipulating

TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image format files. TIFF is a widely

used file format for bitmapped images. TIFF files usually end in the

.tif extension and they are often quite large.

The libtiff package should be installed if you need to manipulate TIFF

format image files.

Security fixes.

[ 1 ] Bug #1438465 - mingw-libtiff: various flaws [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438465

[ 2 ] Bug #1458907 - CVE-2017-9403 CVE-2017-9404 mingw-libtiff: various flaws [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458907

su -c 'dnf upgrade mingw-libtiff' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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Product: Fedora 26
Version: 4.0.8
Release: 1.fc26
Summary: MinGW Windows port of the LibTIFF library

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