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Fedora 24: libpng 1.6.27 Moderate: Critical Image Processing Security Fix

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Calendar Grey January 4, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 24 enhances security by updating libpng to version 1.6.27, resolving a vulnerability in image processing.
libpng 1.6.27 release, fixing a potential security issue

Summary

The libpng package contains a library of functions for creating and

manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files. PNG

is a bit-mapped graphics format similar to the GIF format. PNG was

created to replace the GIF format, since GIF uses a patented data

compression algorithm.

Libpng should be installed if you need to manipulate PNG format image

files.

Update Information:

libpng 1.6.27 release, fixing a potential security issue. For details, see

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora security fix libpng image processing

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1409159 - libpng-1.6.27 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1409159

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade libpng' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Name: libpng
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 1.6.27
Release: 1.fc24
URL: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
Summary: A library of functions for manipulating PNG image format files

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora security fix libpng image processing

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