openSUSE Security Update: Security update for giflib
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2016:0207-1
Rating:             important
References:         #949160 #960319 
Cross-References:   CVE-2015-7555
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 13.1
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:

   The following patch fixes
   - a heap overflow in giffix
   - a memory leak in libgif6


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 13.1:

      zypper in -t patch 2016-76=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):

      giflib-debugsource-5.0.5-2.3.1
      giflib-devel-5.0.5-2.3.1
      giflib-progs-5.0.5-2.3.1
      giflib-progs-debuginfo-5.0.5-2.3.1
      libgif6-5.0.5-2.3.1
      libgif6-debuginfo-5.0.5-2.3.1

   - openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64):

      giflib-devel-32bit-5.0.5-2.3.1
      libgif6-32bit-5.0.5-2.3.1
      libgif6-debuginfo-32bit-5.0.5-2.3.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7555.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/949160
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/960319

openSUSE: 2016:0207-1: important: giflib

January 22, 2016
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is ...

Description

The following patch fixes - a heap overflow in giffix - a memory leak in libgif6

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 13.1: zypper in -t patch 2016-76=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64): giflib-debugsource-5.0.5-2.3.1 giflib-devel-5.0.5-2.3.1 giflib-progs-5.0.5-2.3.1 giflib-progs-debuginfo-5.0.5-2.3.1 libgif6-5.0.5-2.3.1 libgif6-debuginfo-5.0.5-2.3.1 - openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64): giflib-devel-32bit-5.0.5-2.3.1 libgif6-32bit-5.0.5-2.3.1 libgif6-debuginfo-32bit-5.0.5-2.3.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7555.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/949160 https://bugzilla.suse.com/960319


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:0207-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.1

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