{"id":"MGASA-2015-0059","summary":"Updated perl-Gtk2 packages fix a security vulnerability","details":"Updated perl-Gtk2 packages fix security vulnerability:\n\nIncorrect memory management in Gtk2::Gdk::Display::list_devices in perl-Gtk2\nbefore 1.2495, where, the code was freeing memory that gtk+ still holds onto\nand might access later.\n\nThe perl-Gtk2 package has been updated to version 1.2495 to fix this issue and\nother bugs.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T04:28:43.358919Z","published":"2015-02-11T20:47:51Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0059.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15173"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.mail-archive.com/gtk-perl-list@gnome.org/msg07793.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/XAOC/Gtk2-1.2495/NEWS"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"perl-Gtk2","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/perl-Gtk2?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.249.500-2.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0059.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}