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Fedora 10: Important Update for mingw32-libtiff LZW Decode Issue

- update upstream URL - Fix some more LZW decoding vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-2285) Bugzilla: #511015. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2009-7717 2009-07-19 03:25:12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : mingw32-libtiff Product : Fedora 10 Version : 3.8.2 Release : 17.fc10 URL : Summary : MinGW Windows port of the LibTIFF library Description : The libtiff package contains a library of functions for manipulating TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image format files. TIFF is a widely used file format for bitmapped images. TIFF files usually end in the .tif extension and they are often quite large. The libtiff package should be installed if you need to manipulate TIFF format image files. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: - update upstream URL - Fix some more LZW decoding vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-2285) Bugzilla: #511015 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #511015 - CVE-2009-2285 libtiff: LZWDecodeCompat underflow https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511015 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update mingw32-libtiff' 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-announce mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ .Important revision for mingw32-libtiff tackling issues with LZW decoding, improving protective measures on Fedora 10 platforms.. mingw32-libtiff update,Fedora 10 security update,LZW decoding fix,security patch. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jul 19, 2009 •Important Fedora