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Fedora 44 Samtools Update 1.23.1 Security Risk Data Leak DoS Alert

Update to 1.23.1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-cb321bebb5 2026-03-28 00:15:26.019832+00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : samtools Product : Fedora 44 Version : 1.23.1 Release : 1.fc44 URL : http://www.htslib.org/ Summary : Tools for nucleotide sequence alignments in the SAM format Description : SAM (Sequence Alignment/Map) is a flexible generic format for storing nucleotide sequence alignment. SAM Tools provide various utilities for manipulating alignments in the SAM format, including sorting, merging, indexing and generating alignments in a per-position format. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Update to 1.23.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Thu Mar 19 2026 Rasmus Ory Nielsen - 1.23.1-1 - Updated to 1.23.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2448857 - CVE-2026-31972 samtools: SAMtools: Information Disclosure and Denial of Service via use-after-free vulnerability in mpileup command https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2448857 [ 2 ] Bug #2448860 - CVE-2026-31973 samtools: SAMtools: Denial of Service due to NULL pointer dereference in cram-size command https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2448860 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-cb321bebb5' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the FedoraProject can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ 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. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new . Samtools update addresses critical security risks regarding information disclosure and denial of service vulnerabilities.. Fedora Update, Samtools, Security Risk, Information Disclosure, Denial of Service. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Mar 28, 2026 •Important Fedora