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Fedora 37 FEDORA-2023-5f5bea627b Moderate Gerbv 2.9.8 Update

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Calendar Grey August 19, 2023
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Key announcement regarding Fedora 37 incorporating gerbv 2.9.8; resolves issues and improves functionalities for enhanced efficiency.
update to 2.9.8

Summary

Gerber Viewer (gerbv) is a viewer for Gerber files. Gerber files

are generated from PCB CAD system and sent to PCB manufacturers

as basis for the manufacturing process. The standard supported

by gerbv is RS-274X.

gerbv also supports drill files. The format supported are known

under names as NC-drill or Excellon. The format is a bit undefined

and different EDA-vendors implement it different.

gerbv is listed among Fedora Electronic Lab (FEL) packages.

Update Information:

update to 2.9.8

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update Fedora bug fixes gerbv file viewer

Change Log

* Wed Aug 2 2023 Filipe Rosset - 2.9.8-1 - update to 2.9.8 * Wed Jul 19 2023 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.9.5-3 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild * Thu Jan 19 2023 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.9.5-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_38_Mass_Rebuild * Sun Dec 11 2022 Alain Vigne - 2.9.5-1 - new upstream release - SPDX license identifier

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2075792 - gerbv project moved, new versions released https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2075792 [ 2 ] Bug #2159185 - CVE-2021-40393 gerbv: Gerbv RS-274X format aperture macro variables out-of-bounds write vulnerability [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2159185

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-5f5bea627b' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Name: gerbv
Product: Fedora 37
Version: 2.9.8
Release: 1.fc37
URL: https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv
Summary: Gerber file viewer from the gEDA toolkit

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update Fedora bug fixes gerbv file viewer

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