Fedora 38: zbar 2024-583e4098b9
Summary
ZBar Bar Code Reader is an open source software suite for reading bar
codes from various sources, such as video streams, image files and raw
intensity sensors. It supports EAN-13/UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, Code 128,
Code 93, Code 39, Codabar, Interleaved 2 of 5, QR Code and SQ Code.
Update Information:
0.23.93, fixes for two CVEs
Change Log
* Tue Jan 9 2024 Gwyn Ciesla
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2235860 - CVE-2023-40890 zbar: stack overflow caused malicious qr code may lead to information diusclosure or arbitrary code execution. [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2235860 [ 2 ] Bug #2235863 - CVE-2023-40889 zbar: buffer overflow via crafted qr code [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2235863 [ 3 ] Bug #2257396 - Affect by CVE-2023-40889 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257396 [ 4 ] Bug #2257428 - zbar-0.23.93 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257428
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-583e4098b9' 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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