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Fedora update for tkimg

Secunia Advisory: SA30188  
Release Date: 2008-05-12
Last Update: 2008-05-14

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Fedora 7
Fedora 9


CVE reference:CVE-2008-0553 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Fedora has issued an update for tkimg. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library.

For more information:
SA28784

Solution:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update tkimg").

Changelog:
2008-05-14: Added "Fedora 9" to the list of affected products. Updated the "Original Advisory" section.

Original Advisory:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00116.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00177.html

Other References:
SA28784:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28784/



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