Torsten Schönfeld wrote (28 Jan 2015 16:06:33 GMT) :
> intrigeri <intrigeri+deb...@boum.org>:
>> Brian Manning wrote (28 Jan 2015 02:10:23 GMT) :
>> > Overview of changes in Gtk2 1.2495 (stable) [2015-01-27]
>> > ========================================================
>> 
>> > * Fix incorrect memory management in Gtk2::Gdk::Display::list_devices
>> 
>> Did that bug have any security implication?

> The code was freeing memory that gtk+ still holds onto and might access 
> later. So,
> yes, it is conceivable that this can be exploited.

Thanks. I've not seen a CVE request on oss-security (could have missed
it, though). Will it be allocated in another way, e.g. from the Red
Hat pool? A CVE would help distros a lot.

Cheers,
-- 
intrigeri
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