Mageia alert MGASA-2015-0059 (perl-Gtk2)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2015-0059: Updated perl-Gtk2 packages fix a security vulnerability 
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Wed, 11 Feb 2015 21:48:14 +0100
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MGASA-2015-0059 - Updated perl-Gtk2 packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 11 Feb 2015
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0059.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 4

Description:
Updated perl-Gtk2 packages fix security vulnerability:

Incorrect memory management in Gtk2::Gdk::Display::list_devices in perl-Gtk2
before 1.2495, where, the code was freeing memory that gtk+ still holds onto
and might access later.

The perl-Gtk2 package has been updated to version 1.2495 to fix this issue and
other bugs.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15173
- https://www.mail-archive.com/gtk-perl-list@gnome.org/msg0...
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/XAOC/Gtk2-1.2495/NEWS

SRPMS:
- 4/core/perl-Gtk2-1.249.500-2.mga4