MGASA-2020-0444 - Updated pngcheck packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 03 Dec 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0444.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7

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

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

Mageia 2020-0444: pngcheck security update

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/

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0444 - Updated pngcheck packages fix a security vulnerability

SRPMS

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

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

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