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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200906-01
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  Severity: Low
     Title: libpng: Information disclosure
      Date: June 27, 2009
      Bugs: #272970
        ID: 200906-01

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in libpng that allows for
information disclosure.

Background
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libpng is the official PNG reference library used to read, write and
manipulate PNG images.

Affected packages
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     Package            /  Vulnerable  /                    Unaffected
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  1  media-libs/libpng      < 1.2.37                         >= 1.2.37

Description
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Jeff Phillips discovered that libpng does not properly parse 1-bit
interlaced images with width values that are not divisible by 8, which
causes libpng to include uninitialized bits in certain rows of a PNG
file.

Impact
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A remote attacker might entice a user to open a specially crafted PNG
file, possibly resulting in the disclosure of sensitive memory
portions.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All libpng users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libpng-1.2.37"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2009-2042
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2042

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200906-01

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/