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Fedora 39: FEDORA-2024-deddae25dd Critical: EditorConfig Stack Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey April 19, 2024
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 39 enhancements for editorconfig 0.12.7 resolve pointer and stack buffer vulnerabilities. Ensure you're informed about security!
Update to 0.12.7: fix pointer overflow in STRING_CAT; fix a few more stack buffer overflows.

Summary

EditorConfig makes it easy to maintain the correct coding style when

switching between different text editors and between different projects.

The EditorConfig project maintains a file format and plugins for various

text editors which allow this file format to be read and used by those

editors.

Update Information:

Update to 0.12.7: fix pointer overflow in STRING_CAT; fix a few more stack buffer overflows.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update fedora update buffer overflow critical Fedora software patch pointer overflow editorconfig stack buffer

Change Log

* Wed Apr 3 2024 Benjamin A. Beasley - 0.12.7-1 - Update to 0.12.7 (close RHBZ#2272370) * Fri Mar 8 2024 Yaakov Selkowitz - 0.12.6-5 - Use bundled uthash in RHEL builds * Wed Jan 24 2024 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.12.6-4 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild * Fri Jan 19 2024 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.12.6-3 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2272370 - editorconfig-0.12.7 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2272370

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-deddae25dd' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: editorconfig
Product: Fedora 39
Version: 0.12.7
Release: 1.fc39
URL: https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-core-c
Summary: Parser for EditorConfig files written in C

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update fedora update buffer overflow critical Fedora software patch pointer overflow editorconfig stack buffer

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