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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2021-f08dc6b4c1
2021-04-23 14:33:02.095257
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Name : gnuchess
Product : Fedora EPEL 7
Version : 6.2.7
Release : 5.el7
URL :
https://www.gnu.org/software/chess/
Summary : The GNU chess program
Description :
The gnuchess package contains the GNU chess program. By default,
GNU chess uses a curses text-based interface. Alternatively, GNU chess
can be used in conjunction with the xboard user interface and the X
Window System for play using a graphical chess board.
Install the gnuchess package if you would like to play chess on your
computer. If you'd like to use a graphical interface with GNU chess,
you'll also need to install the xboard package and the X Window System.
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Update Information:
Patch for CVE-2021-30184.
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ChangeLog:
* Thu Apr 8 2021 Gwyn Ciesla <gwync(a)protonmail.com> - 6.2.7-5
- Patch for CVE-2021-30184
* Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng(a)fedoraproject.org> - 6.2.7-4
- Rebuilt for
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild
* Sat Aug 1 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng(a)fedoraproject.org> - 6.2.7-3
- Second attempt - Rebuilt for
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild
* Mon Jul 27 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng(a)fedoraproject.org> - 6.2.7-2
- Rebuilt for
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild
* Sun May 31 2020 Gwyn Ciesla <gwync(a)protonmail.com> - 6.2.7-1
- 6.2.7
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1947595 - CVE-2021-30184 gnuchess: buffer overflows in the cmd_pgnload() and
cmd_pgnreplay() functions in frontend/cmd.cc [epel-7]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1947595
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use
su -c 'yum update gnuchess' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "YUM", available at
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7\
/html/System_Administrators_Guide/ch-yum.html
All packages are signed with the Fedora EPEL GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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