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Fedora 40: libgsf 2024-2ac7273bab Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey October 14, 2024
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Fedora 40 libgsf update addresses critical memory issues, enhancing security and stability.
Fixes for memory vulnerabilities.

Summary

A library for reading and writing structured files (e.g. MS OLE and Zip)

Update Information:

Fixes for memory vulnerabilities.

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Change Log

* Fri Oct 11 2024 Gwyn Ciesla - 1.14.53-1 - 1.14.53 * Thu Jul 18 2024 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.14.52-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild * Fri May 31 2024 Gwyn Ciesla - 1.14.52-1 - 1.14.52

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2317953 - (CVE-2024-42415) - CVE-2024-42415 libgsf: Compound Document Binary File Sector Allocation Table integer overflow vulnerability https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317953 [ 2 ] Bug #2317954 - (CVE-2024-36474) - CVE-2024-36474 libgsf: Compound Document Binary File Directory integer overflow vulnerability https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317954

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-2ac7273bab' 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: libgsf
Product: Fedora 40
Version: 1.14.53
Release: 1.fc40
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Summary: GNOME Structured File library

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