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A mingw-gcc security update has been released for Fedora 36.



SECURITY: Fedora 36 Update: mingw-gcc-11.2.1-6.fc36


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2022-c9a1fd5370
2022-11-10 16:17:54.575937
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Name : mingw-gcc
Product : Fedora 36
Version : 11.2.1
Release : 6.fc36
URL :   http://gcc.gnu.org
Summary : MinGW Windows cross-compiler (GCC) for C
Description :
MinGW Windows cross-compiler (GCC) for C.

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Update Information:

Backport fixes for CVE-2021-3826 and CVE-2022-27943.
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Nov 1 2022 Sandro Mani - 11.2.1-6
- Backport patches for CVE-2021-3826 and CVE-2022-27943
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #2071731 - CVE-2022-27943 mingw-gcc: : binutils: libiberty/rust-demangle.c in GNU GCC 11.2 allows stack exhaustion in demangle_const [fedora-all]
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2071731
[ 2 ] Bug #2132587 - CVE-2021-3826 mingw-gcc: libiberty: Heap/stack buffer overflow in the dlang_lname function in d-demangle.c [fedora-all]
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2132587
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-c9a1fd5370' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
  http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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