Important Security Advisory for xmedcon Updates in Fedora 39
Summary
This project stands for Medical Image Conversion and is released under the
GNU's (L)GPL license. It bundles the C source code, a library, a flexible
command-line utility and a graphical front-end based on the amazing Gtk+
toolkit.
Its main purpose is image conversion while preserving valuable medical
study information. The currently supported formats are: Acr/Nema 2.0,
Analyze (SPM), Concorde/uPET, DICOM 3.0, CTI ECAT 6/7, InterFile 3.3
and PNG or Gif87a/89a towards desktop applications.
Update Information:
update xmedcon to 0.24.0 fixes: Bug 2283157 - xmedcon-0.24.0 is available Bug 2283100 - CVE-2024-29421 xmedcon: Heap overview when parsing DICOM medical files [fedora-all] Bug 2283099 (CVE-2024-29421) - CVE-2024-29421 xmedcon: Heap overview when parsing DICOM medical files
Change Log
* Mon Jul 15 2024 Filipe Rosset
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2283099 - CVE-2024-29421 xmedcon: Heap overview when parsing DICOM medical files
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2283099
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-3dbd2c53ac' 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