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Fedora 36: 2022-635599924b Critical: Libdxflib Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey May 7, 2022
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Upgrade libdxflib to version 3.26.4 in Fedora to tackle a severe buffer overflow issue and integrate various essential bug resolutions.
Update to 3.26.4, with bug fixes and a security fix for CVE-2021-21897

Summary

dxflib is a C++ library for reading and writing DXF files.

Update to 3.26.4, with bug fixes and a security fix for CVE-2021-21897. Package

class documentation and examples. The following probably-relevant entries are

drawn from the [QCAD

Changelog](https://www.qcad.org/en/documentation/changelog): ### 3.22.1

(2019/05/22) **Fixes** - [FS#1866 - DXF: EXTMIN/EXTMAX

interchanged]()

### 3.21.1 (2018/06/29) **Fixes** - [FS#1180 - dxflib cannot open files with

international characters in path or file

name]() ### 3.18.0

(2017/09/22) **Fixes** - [FS#1631 - dxflib: wrong definition of DL_POLYLINE3D

flag]() ### 3.17.2

(2017/06/27) **Fixes** - [FS#1572 - Dimension font not set to "Standard" when

importing through

dxflib]()

* Fri Apr 1 2022 Benjamin A. Beasley 3.26.4-2

- Package documentation and examples

* Fri Apr 1 2022 Benjamin A. Beasley 3.26.4-1

- Update to 3.26.4 (close RHBZ#1996851)

* Fri Apr 1 2022 Benjamin A. Beasley 3.17.0-19

- Build with qmake from Qt6 instead of Qt4

* Fri Apr 1 2022 Benjamin A. Beasley 3.17.0-18

- General spec file cleanup

[ 1 ] Bug #2080983 - CVE-2021-21897 libdxflib: heap-based buffer overflow in the DL_Dxf:handleLWPolylineData function

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2080983

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

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Product: Fedora 36
Version: 3.26.4
Release: 2.fc36
Summary: A C++ library for reading and writing DXF files

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