openSUSE 11.4: 2012:0316-1 Important: Libpng Buffer Overflow
opensuse
February 28, 2012
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow in libpng was fixed that could
potentially be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary
code or cause an application to crash (CVE-2011-3026).
libpng 1.2 was updated to 1.2.47 to fix this issue.
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 11.4:
zypper in -t patch libpng12-5846 libpng14-5847
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.2.47]:
libpng12-0-1.2.47-0.8.1
libpng12-compat-devel-1.2.47-0.8.1
libpng12-devel-1.2.47-0.8.1
libpng14-14-1.4.4-3.6.1
libpng14-compat-devel-1.4.4-3.6.1
libpng14-devel-1.4.4-3.6.1
- openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) [New Version: 1.2.47]:
libpng12-0-32bit-1.2.47-0.8.1
libpng12-compat-devel-32bit-1.2.47-0.8.1
libpng12-devel-32bit-1.2.47-0.8.1
libpng14-14-32bit-1.4.4-3.6.1
libpng14-compat-devel-32bit-1.4.4-3.6.1
libpng14-devel-32bit-1.4.4-3.6.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3026.html
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:0316-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE 11.4
. It
includes one version update.
Topics Covered
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