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Fedora alert FEDORA-2012-11813 (xfig)

From:  updates@fedoraproject.org
To:  package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org
Subject:  [SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: xfig-3.2.5-32.b.fc16
Date:  Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:05:48 +0000
Message-ID:  <20120822210548.EDA4120F42@bastion01.phx2.fedoraproject.org>
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2012-11813 2012-08-13 23:14:56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : xfig Product : Fedora 16 Version : 3.2.5 Release : 32.b.fc16 URL : http://www.xfig.org/ Summary : An X Window System tool for drawing basic vector graphics Description : Xfig is an X Window System tool for creating basic vector graphics, including bezier curves, lines, rulers and more. The resulting graphics can be saved, printed on PostScript printers or converted to a variety of other formats (e.g., X11 bitmaps, Encapsulated PostScript, LaTeX). You should install xfig if you need a simple program to create vector graphics. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: - Fix a stack overflow when importing 1.3 files (CVE-2009-4227) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Sun Aug 12 2012 Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> - 3.2.5-32.b - Fix a stack overflow when importing 1.3 files (CVE-2009-4227) (rhbz#543905) * Sun Jul 22 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 3.2.5-31.b - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild * Sun Feb 26 2012 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 3.2.5-30.b - Rebuild with Xaw3d 1.6.1 * Tue Feb 14 2012 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> - 3.2.5-29.b - Add patch from Debian for libpng 1.5 * Sat Jan 14 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 3.2.5-28.b - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild * Tue Dec 6 2011 Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com> - 3.2.5-27.b - Rebuild for new libpng -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #543905 - CVE-2009-4227 CVE-2009-4228 Xfig, Transfig: Stack-based buffer overflow by loading malformed .FIG files https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543905 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update xfig' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. 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/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-...


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