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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2016-aaf771b7a7
2017-01-01 18:36:12.606991
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Name        : libpng
Product     : Fedora 25
Version     : 1.6.27
Release     : 1.fc25
URL         : http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
Summary     : A library of functions for manipulating PNG image format files
Description :
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.

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Update Information:

libpng 1.6.27 release, fixing a potential security issue. For details, see
https://sourceforge.net/p/png-mng/mailman/message/35575076/
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References:

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

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 25: libpng Security Update

January 1, 2017
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 https://sourceforge.net/p/png-mng/mailman/message/35575076/

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

Severity
Name : libpng
Product : Fedora 25
Version : 1.6.27
Release : 1.fc25
URL : http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
Summary : A library of functions for manipulating PNG image format files

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