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Mageia 7 Critical Security Advisory: MSAGA-2020-0444 Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey December 3, 2020
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Mageia 7 rolls out vital patch for pngcheck, resolving buffer overflow vulnerability in specially formulated files.
This update fixes a potential global buffer overflow in the check_chunk_name function via a crafted png file

Summary

This update fixes a potential global buffer overflow in the check_chunk_name function via a crafted png file. References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27658

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27658

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/KYWBUK3C43TIX3DXS26JX2XEVJSRXJDN/

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue buffer overflow critical fix software fix mageia pngcheck

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/pngcheck-2.3.0-4.1.mga7

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Publication date: 03 Dec 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0444.html
Type: security

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue buffer overflow critical fix software fix mageia pngcheck

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