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Fedora 25: 2017-cc606f1001 Moderate Update for Chicken DoS Issue

Fix for CVE-2017-6949, also bump to 4.12.0. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-cc606f1001 2017-05-22 00:11:08.197259 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : chicken Product : Fedora 25 Version : 4.12.0 Release : 2.fc25 URL : http://call-cc.org Summary : A practical and portable Scheme system Description : CHICKEN is a compiler for the Scheme programming language. CHICKEN produces portable, efficient C, supports almost all of the R5RS Scheme language standard, and includes many enhancements and extensions. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: Fix for CVE-2017-6949, also bump to 4.12.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1433278 - CVE-2017-6949 chicken: Unchecked size argument in malloc() in CHICKEN Scheme https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1433278 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade chicken' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Critical patch addressing CVE-2017-6949 in the chicken package for Fedora 25, with an upgrade to version 4.12.0 to bolster security measures.. Fedora Update,CHICKEN Scheme,Security Upgrade,CVE Fix. . Severity:Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

May 22, 2017 •Important Fedora