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Fedora 36: 2022-08022e9452 Critical: plib Integer Overflow

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Fedora 36 plib update resolves CVE-2021-38714, correcting integer overflow vulnerabilities and strengthening application security.
Security fix for CVE-2021-38714

Summary

This is a set of OpenSource (LGPL) libraries that will permit programmers

to write games and other realtime interactive applications that are 100%

portable across a wide range of hardware and operating systems. Here is

what you need - it's all free and available with LGPL'ed source code on

the web. All of it works well together.

Security fix for CVE-2021-38714

* Fri May 13 2022 Hans de Goede - 1.8.5-30

- Add 3 patches from Debian

- Fixes CVE-2021-38714 (rhbz#1997815)

[ 1 ] Bug #1997814 - CVE-2021-38714 plib: integer overflow could lead to arbitrary code execution

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1997814

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-08022e9452' 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 36
Version: 1.8.5
Release: 30.fc36
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Summary: Set of portable libraries especially useful for games

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