[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: perl-Tk-804.028-3.fc7

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-1384
2008-02-05 23:15:07
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Name        : perl-Tk
Product     : Fedora 7
Version     : 804.028
Release     : 3.fc7
URL         : http://search.cpan.org/dist/Tk/
Summary     : Perl Graphical User Interface ToolKit
Description :
This a re-port of a perl interface to Tk8.4.
C code is derived from Tcl/Tk8.4.5.
It also includes all the C code parts of Tix8.1.4 from SourceForge.
The perl code corresponding to Tix's Tcl code is not fully implemented.

Perl API is essentially the same as Tk800 series Tk800.025 but has not
been verified as compliant. There ARE differences see pod/804delta.pod.

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ChangeLog:

* Tue Feb  5 2008 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 804.028-3
- fix #431529 gif overflow in tk (see also #431518)
* Fri Jan  4 2008 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 804.028-2
- add relevant parts of debian patch
- add patch for #235666
* Wed Jan  2 2008 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 804.028-1
- version upgrade
- fix #210718 SIGSEGV on exit from texdoctk
- fix #234404 Cannot manage big listboxes
- fix #235666 Segfault occurs when using Perl-Tk on FC6
* Wed Dec 19 2007 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 804.027-13
- fix BR
* Wed Aug 22 2007 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
- 804.027-12
- rebuild for buildid
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #431518 - CVE-2008-0553 tk: GIF handling buffer overflow
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431518
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