Mageia alert MGASA-2016-0076 (gnome-photos)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2016-0076: Updated gnome-photos packages fix CVE-2013-7447 
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Wed, 17 Feb 2016 20:06:44 +0100
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MGASA-2016-0076 - Updated gnome-photos packages fix CVE-2013-7447

Publication date: 17 Feb 2016
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0076.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 5
CVE: CVE-2013-7447

Description:
Updated gnome-photos package fixes security vulnerabilities:

Due to a logic error, an attempt to allocate a large block of memory
fails in create_surface_from_pixbuf, leading to a crash of gnome-photos
(CVE-2013-7447).

A similar potential issue in view_helper_draw() in src/gegl-gtk-view-helper.c
has also been patched.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17748
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/10/6
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-7447

SRPMS:
- 5/core/gnome-photos-3.14.2-1.1.mga5