--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-1131
2008-02-05 23:10:30
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : tk
Product     : Fedora 7
Version     : 8.4.13
Release     : 7.fc7
URL         : https://tcl.sourceforge.net/
Summary     : The graphical toolkit for the Tcl scripting language
Description :
When paired with the Tcl scripting language, Tk provides a fast and powerful
way to create cross-platform GUI applications.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

Fixed security issue - buffer overflow in gif parsing.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog:

* Mon Jan 28 2008 Marcela Maslanova  - 1:8.4.13-7
- attached upstream patch
- similar to CVE-2006-4484, problem with GIF again #430100
* Mon Oct 15 2007 Marcela Maslanova  - 1:8.4.13-6
- CVE-2007-5137 gif buffer overflow
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #431518 - CVE-2008-0553 tk: GIF handling buffer overflow
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431518
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update tk' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

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Fedora 7 Update: tk-8.4.13-7.fc7

February 7, 2008
Fixed security issue - buffer overflow in gif parsing.

Summary

When paired with the Tcl scripting language, Tk provides a fast and powerful

way to create cross-platform GUI applications.

Fixed security issue - buffer overflow in gif parsing.

* Mon Jan 28 2008 Marcela Maslanova - 1:8.4.13-7

- attached upstream patch

- similar to CVE-2006-4484, problem with GIF again #430100

* Mon Oct 15 2007 Marcela Maslanova - 1:8.4.13-6

- CVE-2007-5137 gif buffer overflow

[ 1 ] Bug #431518 - CVE-2008-0553 tk: GIF handling buffer overflow

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431518

su -c 'yum update tk' at the command line.

For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",

available at .

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/security/

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FEDORA-2008-1131 2008-02-05 23:10:30 Product : Fedora 7 Version : 8.4.13 Release : 7.fc7 URL : https://tcl.sourceforge.net/ Summary : The graphical toolkit for the Tcl scripting language Description : When paired with the Tcl scripting language, Tk provides a fast and powerful way to create cross-platform GUI applications. Fixed security issue - buffer overflow in gif parsing. * Mon Jan 28 2008 Marcela Maslanova - 1:8.4.13-7 - attached upstream patch - similar to CVE-2006-4484, problem with GIF again #430100 * Mon Oct 15 2007 Marcela Maslanova - 1:8.4.13-6 - CVE-2007-5137 gif buffer overflow [ 1 ] Bug #431518 - CVE-2008-0553 tk: GIF handling buffer overflow https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431518 su -c 'yum update tk' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . 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/security/ Fedora-package-announce mailing list Fedora-package-announce@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce

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Product : Fedora 7
Version : 8.4.13
Release : 7.fc7
URL : https://tcl.sourceforge.net/
Summary : The graphical toolkit for the Tcl scripting language

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