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Gentoo GLSA-200408-03 Normal: libpng Denial Of Service Risk

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Calendar Grey August 5, 2004
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Multiple security flaws in libpng may result in denial-of-service scenarios or unauthorized code execution; updating is advised.
libpng contains numerous vulnerabilities potentially allowing an attacker to perform a Denial of Service attack or even execute arbitrary code

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200408-03
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: libpng: Numerous vulnerabilities
      Date: August 05, 2004
      Bugs: #59424
        ID: 200408-03


Synopsis
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libpng contains numerous vulnerabilities potentially allowing an
attacker to perform a Denial of Service attack or even execute
arbitrary code.

Background
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libpng is a standard library used to process PNG (Portable Network
Graphics) images. It is used by several other programs, including web
browsers and potentially server processes.

Affected packages
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     Package            /   Vulnerable   /                  Unaffected
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  1  media-libs/libpng      <= 1.2.5-r7                    >= 1.2.5-r8

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