Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for imlib2. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for imlib2
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32843
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32843/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16769/
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18642/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for imlib2. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise
an application using the library.
For more information:
SA32796
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update imlib2").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2008-10296:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00858.html
FEDORA-2008-10287:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00856.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32796:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32796/
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