[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: pl-5.10.2-9.fc16

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2013-0225
2013-01-05 06:08:09
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Name        : pl
Product     : Fedora 16
Version     : 5.10.2
Release     : 9.fc16
URL         : http://www.swi-prolog.org
Summary     : SWI-Prolog - Edinburgh compatible Prolog compiler
Description :
ISO/Edinburgh-style Prolog compiler including modules, auto-load,
libraries, Garbage-collector, stack-expandor, C/C++-interface,
GNU-readline interface, very fast compiler.  Including packages clib
(Unix process control and sockets), cpp (C++ interface), sgml (reading
XML/SGML), sgml/RDF (reading RDF into triples) and XPCE (Graphics UI
toolkit, integrated editor (Emacs-clone) and source-level debugger).

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Update Information:

Fix two buffer overflows when expanding file name glob (CVE-2012-6090) and when canonizing path (CVE-2012-6089).
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ChangeLog:

* Fri Jan  4 2013 Petr Pisar <ppisar at redhat.com> - 5.10.2-9
- Fix CVE-2012-6089 (buffer overflows in path canonisation code) (bug #891666)
- Fix CVE-2012-6090 (buffer overflows when expanding file-names with long
  paths) (bug #891666)
* Thu Mar  8 2012 Petr Pisar <ppisar at redhat.com> - 5.10.2-8
- Fix JPL interface (bug #590499)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #891577 - CVE-2012-6089 CVE-2012-6090 pl: (Stack-based) Buffer overflows in path canonisation code and when expanding file-names with long paths
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891577
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