MGASA-2021-0411

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    MGASA-2021-0411

    Published: 25 Aug 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated gpsd packages fix security vulnerability and other bugs

    Details: It was discovered that GPSd incorrectly handled certain leap second events which would result in the time jumping back 1024 weeks on 2021-10-31. This update provides upstream version 3.23 that has this and several other upstream issues fixed. It also fixes issues that prevents it to start properly (mga#28711). The packages: foxtrotgps, marble, merkaartor, navit, plasma-workspace, viking have been rebuild for the updated gpsd libs.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0411.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29322, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28711

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gpsd

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/gpsd?arch=source&distro=mageia-8

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.23-1.mga8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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