Gentoo: 2003-01-08 Buffer Overflow Remote Exploit for Libpng
gentoo
January 8, 2003
There is a problem in connection with 16-bit samples from libpng.
Summary
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From Debian Security Advisory DSA 213-1:
"Glenn Randers-Pehrson discovered a problem in connection with 16-bit samples from libpng, an interface for reading and writing PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format files. The starting offsets for the loops are calculated incorrectly which causes a buffer overrun beyond the beginning of the row buffer."
Read the full advisory at https://www.debian.org/
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running media-libs/libpng-1.2.5-r1 or earlier update their systems as follows:
emerge rsync emerge libpng
If you also have libpng-1.0.12-r1 or earlier installed update your system as follows:
emerge \=media-libs/libpng-1.0.12-r2
Finish with:
em...Read the Full Advisory
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PACKAGE : libpng
SUMMARY : buffer overflow
EXPLOIT : remote
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