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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2016-616a35205b
2016-10-20 09:36:50.923183
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Name        : libgit2
Product     : Fedora 23
Version     : 0.23.4
Release     : 2.fc23
URL         : https://libgit2.org/
Summary     : C implementation of the Git core methods as a library with a solid API
Description :
libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods
provided as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API, allowing
you to write native speed custom Git applications in any language
with bindings.

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Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-8568, CVE-2016-8569
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1383212 - CVE-2016-8568 CVE-2016-8569 libgit2: Invalid memory accesses parsing object files [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383212
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update libgit2' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

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GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 23: libgit2 Security Update

October 20, 2016
Security fix for CVE-2016-8568, CVE-2016-8569

Summary

libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods

provided as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API, allowing

you to write native speed custom Git applications in any language

with bindings.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-8568, CVE-2016-8569

Change Log

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1383212 - CVE-2016-8568 CVE-2016-8569 libgit2: Invalid memory accesses parsing object files [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383212

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libgit2' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : libgit2
Product : Fedora 23
Version : 0.23.4
Release : 2.fc23
URL : https://libgit2.org/
Summary : C implementation of the Git core methods as a library with a solid API

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