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    Mageia 2020-0479: pngcheck security update

    Date 29 Dec 2020
    Category Mageia Linux Distribution - Security Advisories
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    Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories
    Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in pngcheck 2.4.0 and older (rhbz#1902806). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27922 
    MGASA-2020-0479 - Updated pngcheck package fixes security vulnerability

Publication date: 29 Dec 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0479.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in pngcheck 2.4.0 and older
(rhbz#1902806).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27922
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./thread/JII3RE2ULIVFVHUICD6G6VSJHJGEZBX7/

SRPMS:
- 7/core/pngcheck-3.0.0-1.mga7

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