Fedora alert FEDORA-2026-7fd284c688 (libcgif)
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| Subject: | [SECURITY] Fedora 44 Update: libcgif-0.5.3-1.fc44 | |
| Date: | Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:53:23 +0000 | |
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-7fd284c688 2026-04-25 01:21:36.171561+00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : libcgif Product : Fedora 44 Version : 0.5.3 Release : 1.fc44 URL : https://github.com/dloebl/cgif Summary : A fast and lightweight GIF encoder Description : A fast and lightweight GIF encoder that can create GIF animations and images. Summary of the main features: - user-defined global or local color-palette with up to 256 colors (limit of the GIF format) - size-optimizations for GIF animations: - option to set a pixel to transparent if it has identical color in the previous frame (transparency optimization) - do encoding just for the rectangular area that differs from the previous frame (width/height optimization) - fast: a GIF with 256 colors and 1024x1024 pixels can be created in below 50 ms even on a minimalistic system - MIT license (permissive) - different options for GIF animations: static image, N repetitions, infinite repetitions - additional source-code for verifying the encoder after making changes - user-defined delay time from one frame to the next (can be set independently for each frame) - source-code conforms to the C99 standard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Version 0.5.3 Fix potential undefined behavior in cgif_addframe which could have led to an integer overflow CVE-2026-4985 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Wed Apr 1 2026 Remi Collet <remi@remirepo.net> - 0.5.3-1 - update to 0.5.3 * Tue Mar 31 2026 Remi Collet <remi@remirepo.net> - 0.5.2-2 - fix potential undefined behavior in cgif_addframe CVE-2026-4985 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2452785 - CVE-2026-4985 libcgif: dloebl CGIF: Denial of Service via integer overflow in GIF image handling [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452785 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-7fd284c688' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgr... 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 To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-cond... List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann... Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new