Fedora 10 Update: xemacs-21.5.28-10.fc10

September 4, 2009

This update fixes multiple buffer overflows when reading large image files, or maliciously created image files whose headers misrepresent the actual image size.

Summary

XEmacs is a highly customizable open source text editor and

application development system. It is protected under the GNU General

Public License and related to other versions of Emacs, in particular

GNU Emacs. Its emphasis is on modern graphical user interface support

and an open software development model, similar to Linux.

This package contains XEmacs built for X Windows with MULE support.

This update fixes multiple buffer overflows when reading large image files, or

maliciously created image files whose headers misrepresent the actual image

size.

* Mon Aug 24 2009 Jerry James - 21.5.28-10

- Fix image overflow bug (CVE-2009-2688).

- Add dependency on xorg-x11-fonts-misc (#478370, Carl Brune).

- Rebase patches to eliminate fuzz/offsets.

[ 1 ] Bug #511994 - CVE-2009-2688 xemacs: multiple integer overflow flaws

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511994

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FEDORA-2009-8997 2009-08-25 21:40:41 Product : Fedora 10 Version : 21.5.28 Release : 10.fc10 URL : http://www.xemacs.org/ Summary : Different version of Emacs Description : XEmacs is a highly customizable open source text editor and application development system. It is protected under the GNU General Public License and related to other versions of Emacs, in particular GNU Emacs. Its emphasis is on modern graphical user interface support and an open software development model, similar to Linux. This package contains XEmacs built for X Windows with MULE support. This update fixes multiple buffer overflows when reading large image files, or maliciously created image files whose headers misrepresent the actual image size. * Mon Aug 24 2009 Jerry James - 21.5.28-10 - Fix image overflow bug (CVE-2009-2688). - Add dependency on xorg-x11-fonts-misc (#478370, Carl Brune). - Rebase patches to eliminate fuzz/offsets. [ 1 ] Bug #511994 - CVE-2009-2688 xemacs: multiple integer overflow flaws https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511994 su -c 'yum update xemacs' 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