Gentoo: GLSA-200607-06 Normal: libpng Buffer Overflow Threat
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July 19, 2006
A buffer overflow has been found in the libpng library that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200607-06
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: libpng: Buffer overflow
Date: July 19, 2006
Bugs: #138433, #138672
ID: 200607-06
Synopsis
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A buffer overflow has been found in the libpng library that could lead
to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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libpng is an open, extensible image format library, with lossless
compression.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 libpng < 1.2.12 >= 1.2.12
2 emul-linux-x86-baselibs < 2.5.1 >= 2.5.1
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# Package 2 [ap...
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