[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: xfig-3.2.5-25.b.fc14

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2010-18589
2010-12-06 19:29:59
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Name        : xfig
Product     : Fedora 14
Version     : 3.2.5
Release     : 25.b.fc14
URL         : http://www.xfig.org/
Summary     : An X Window System tool for drawing basic vector graphics
Description :
Xfig is an X Window System tool for creating basic vector graphics,
including bezier curves, lines, rulers and more.  The resulting
graphics can be saved, printed on PostScript printers or converted to
a variety of other formats (e.g., X11 bitmaps, Encapsulated
PostScript, LaTeX).

You should install xfig if you need a simple program to create vector
graphics.

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ChangeLog:

* Mon Dec  6 2010 Stanislav Ochotnicky <sochotnicky at redhat.com> - 3.2.5-25.b
- Fix buffer overflow when opening malicious fig files
* Thu Nov 25 2010 Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com> 3.2.5-24.b
- Fix importing of eps files (#657290)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #659676 - CVE-2010-4262 Xfig: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing certain FIG images
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659676
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update xfig' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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