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Fedora: 2005-589 Moderate: gtk2 Threading Conflict Resolved

The updated gtk2 package fixes several cases of missing locking in the file chooser which could cause deadlocks in threaded applications.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2005-589 2005-01-07 ---------------------------------------------------------------------Product : Fedora Core 3 Name : gtk2 Version : 2.4.14 Release : 2.fc3 Summary : The GIMP ToolKit (GTK+), a library for creating GUIs for X. Description : GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application suites. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: The updated gtk2 package fixes several cases of missing locking in the file chooser which could cause deadlocks in threaded applications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* Tue Jan 04 2005 Matthias Clasen - 2.4.14-2.fc3 - Fix some threading lockups in the file chooser ---------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be downloaded from: 47c7ac2ce3a58ba6fbb7cf6866e461f5 SRPMS/gtk2-2.4.14-2.fc3.src.rpm 24dd95c6a0928ad25728787e03bdf168 x86_64/gtk2-2.4.14-2.fc3.x86_64.rpm 992c24fc20747c6802f1e67dd18cc851 x86_64/gtk2-devel-2.4.14-2.fc3.x86_64.rpm c96df83c3a7c0da727b7557f424044e9 x86_64/debug/gtk2-debuginfo-2.4.14-2.fc3.x86_64.rpm b073fd4798b4d035efe174b2bb0ca88c x86_64/gtk2-2.4.14-2.fc3.i386.rpm b073fd4798b4d035efe174b2bb0ca88c i386/gtk2-2.4.14-2.fc3.i386.rpm 84d3da57c0fffc655961989d7a148cb0 i386/gtk2-devel-2.4.14-2.fc3.i386.rpm 70bb32366203888f414708c050b423f0 i386/debug/gtk2-debuginfo-2.4.14-2.fc3.i386.rpm This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date'command. --------------------------------------------------------------------- --fedora-announce-list mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . A recent patch addresses threading complications in the GTK2 file selection dialog, alleviating potential deadlock scenarios within applications running on Fedora Core 3.. GTK2 Update, Fedora Security, Threading Issue, Software Update. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 07, 2005 Fedora