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Fedora 9: FEDORA-2009-5517 Critical: Libwmf Use-After-Free Error

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Calendar Grey May 27, 2009
Dist Fedora Esm H88
A patch for libwmf in Fedora 9 has been released, addressing a critical use-after-free vulnerability. Implement this update promptly to maintain system security and prevent potential threats
CVE-2009-1364 libwmf: embedded gd use-after-free error

Summary

A library for reading and converting Windows MetaFile vector graphics (WMF).

Update Information:

CVE-2009-1364 libwmf: embedded gd use-after-free error

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora update critical libwmf use-after-free

Change Log

* Tue May 26 2009 Caolán McNamara - 0.2.8.4-18.1 - Resolves: CVE-2009-1364

References


[ 1 ] Bug #496864 - CVE-2009-1364 libwmf: embedded gd use-after-free error https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496864

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libwmf' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: libwmf
Product: Fedora 9
Version: 0.2.8.4
Release: 18.1.fc9
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Summary: Windows MetaFile Library

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora update critical libwmf use-after-free

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