Advisories » MGASA-2016-0076

Updated gnome-photos packages fix CVE-2013-7447

Publication date: 17 Feb 2016
Modification date: 17 Feb 2016
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 5
CVE: CVE-2013-7447

Description

Updated gnome-photos package fixes security vulnerabilities:

Due to a logic error, an attempt to allocate a large block of memory
fails in create_surface_from_pixbuf, leading to a crash of gnome-photos
(CVE-2013-7447).

A similar potential issue in view_helper_draw() in src/gegl-gtk-view-helper.c
has also been patched.
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17748
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/10/6
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-7447

SRPMS

5/core

• gnome-photos-3.14.2-1.1.mga5