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[ MDVSA-2015:044 ] perl-Gtk2


From: security () mandriva com
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:43:01 +0100

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2015:044
 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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 Package : perl-Gtk2
 Date    : February 12, 2015
 Affected: Business Server 1.0
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 Problem Description:

 A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in perl-Gtk2:
 
 Incorrect memory management in Gtk2::Gdk::Display::list_devices in
 perl-Gtk2 before 1.2495, where, the code was freeing memory that gtk+
 still holds onto and might access later.
 
 The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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 References:

 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0059.html
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 Updated Packages:

 Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
 fed6afa740b0315970a4464fa0fb1ea9  mbs1/x86_64/perl-Gtk2-1.242.0-3.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
 c9f73f5d9834501ce797bf250357b09c  mbs1/x86_64/perl-Gtk2-doc-1.242.0-3.1.mbs1.noarch.rpm 
 2dd506e78cca0f4b554896156fdc0e42  mbs1/SRPMS/perl-Gtk2-1.242.0-3.1.mbs1.src.rpm
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