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Fedora 11: 2009-8993 Moderate: XEmacs Image Buffer Overflow

This update fixes multiple buffer overflows when reading large image files, or maliciously created image files whose headers misrepresent the actual image size. The update also addresses multiple font issues, some of which cause warnings on startup. Some warnings remain, however, unless an ISO8859-13 fonts (e.g., terminus) is installed. Also note that some warnings remain on Rawhide pending a resolution for bz 507637.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2009-8993 2009-08-25 21:40:34 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : xemacs Product : Fedora 11 Version : 21.5.29 Release : 2.fc11 URL : http://www.xemacs.org/ Summary : Different version of Emacs Description : XEmacs is a highly customizable open source text editor and application development system. It is protected under the GNU General Public License and related to other versions of Emacs, in particular GNU Emacs. Its emphasis is on modern graphical user interface support and an open software development model, similar to Linux. This package contains XEmacs built for X Windows with MULE support. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: This update fixes multiple buffer overflows when reading large image files, or maliciously created image files whose headers misrepresent the actual image size. The update also addresses multiple font issues, some of which cause warnings on startup. Some warnings remain, however, unless an ISO8859-13 fonts (e.g., terminus) is installed. Also note that some warnings remain on Rawhide pending a resolution for bz 507637. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Mon Aug 24 2009 Jerry James - 21.5.29-2 - Fix image overflow bug (CVE-2009-2688). - Fix calling xft-font-create-object in non-Xft builds (#512623). -Rebase patches to eliminate fuzz/offsets. * Wed May 20 2009 Ville Skyttä - 21.5.29-1 - Update to 21.5.29; gtk-gcc4, finder-lisp-dir, 3d-athena, autoconf262, doc-encodings, revert-modified, and xemacs-base-autoloads patches applied upstream. * Thu Mar 12 2009 Ville Skyttä - 21.5.28-13 - Add possibility to build upstream hg snapshots. - Add dependency on xorg-x11-fonts-misc (#478370, Carl Brune). - Include Installation{,-nox} in docs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #511994 - CVE-2009-2688 xemacs: multiple integer overflow flaws https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511994 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update xemacs' 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ 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./ . Adjust address handling issues in XEmacs for Fedora 11, ensuring resolution of font-related warnings post font installation completion.. Fedora Update, XEmacs Fixes, Image File Patches, Font Issues in XEmacs. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 04, 2009 •Important Fedora