MGASA-2015-0059

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    MGASA-2015-0059

    Published: 11 Feb 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated perl-Gtk2 packages fix a security vulnerability

    Details: Updated perl-Gtk2 packages fix security vulnerability: 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 perl-Gtk2 package has been updated to version 1.2495 to fix this issue and other bugs.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0059.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15173, https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg07793.html, http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/XAOC/Gtk2-1.2495/NEWS

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl-Gtk2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/perl-Gtk2?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.249.500-2.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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