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Fedora: 2015-5510 moderate: PostGIS 2.1.6 Security Enhancements

Update to latest release, which includes security fixes. Update to 2.1.6, per changes described at: enable json-c for postigs, but disable it for upgrade part Rebuild for Proj 4.9.1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-5510 2015-04-04 15:17:48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : postgis Product : Fedora 22 Version : 2.1.7 Release : 1.fc22 URL : http://www.refractions.net/products/postgis/ Summary : Geographic Information Systems Extensions to PostgreSQL Description : PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database. In effect, PostGIS "spatially enables" the PostgreSQL server, allowing it to be used as a backend spatial database for geographic information systems (GIS), much like ESRI's SDE or Oracle's Spatial extension. PostGIS follows the OpenGIS "Simple Features Specification for SQL" and has been certified as compliant with the "Types and Functions" profile. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Update to latest release, which includes security fixes. Update to 2.1.6, per changes described at: enable json-c for postigs, but disable it for upgrade part Rebuild for Proj 4.9.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update postgis' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . 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 https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailinglist This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/package-announce.lists.fedoraproject.org/ . The Fedora 22 update for PostGIS 2.1.6 brings critical security patches and improvements to enhance the performance of spatial data management.. Fedora 22, PostGIS Update, Database Security, Spatial Database, Security Fixes. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 21, 2015 Fedora