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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2023-1b5f6f4eb2
2023-09-18 18:06:48.749961
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Name        : giflib
Product     : Fedora 38
Version     : 5.2.1
Release     : 17.fc38
URL         : https://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib/
Summary     : A library and utilities for processing GIFs
Description :
giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images.

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Update Information:

Add patch for CVE-2023.39742.
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Sep 14 2023 Sandro Mani  - 5.2.1-17
- Add patch for CVE-2023-39742
* Wed Jul 19 2023 Fedora Release Engineering  - 5.2.1-16
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #2238790 - CVE-2023-39742 giflib: segfault via getarg.c [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2238790
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line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Fedora 38: giflib 2023-1b5f6f4eb2

September 18, 2023
Add patch for CVE-2023.39742.

Summary

giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images.

Update Information:

Add patch for CVE-2023.39742.

Change Log

* Thu Sep 14 2023 Sandro Mani - 5.2.1-17 - Add patch for CVE-2023-39742 * Wed Jul 19 2023 Fedora Release Engineering - 5.2.1-16 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild

References

[ 1 ] Bug #2238790 - CVE-2023-39742 giflib: segfault via getarg.c [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2238790

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-1b5f6f4eb2' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Severity
Name : giflib
Product : Fedora 38
Version : 5.2.1
Release : 17.fc38
URL : https://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib/
Summary : A library and utilities for processing GIFs

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