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Scientific Linux: libpng Security Update for SL5.x and SL4.x Moderate Risk

Calendar Oct 31, 2007 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory security update moderate severity libpng application crash image processing Scientific Linux
Moderate: libpng security update 
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:17:12 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for libpng on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Moderate: libpng security update
Issue date: 2007-10-23
CVE Names: CVE-2007-5269

Several flaws were discovered in the way libpng handled various PNG image
chunks. An attacker could create a carefully crafted PNG image file in
such a way that it could cause an application linked with libpng to crash
when the file was manipulated. (CVE-2007-5269)

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
libpng10-1.0.16-3.1.src.rpm
 i386:
libpng10-1.0.16-3.1.i386.rpm
libpng10-devel-1.0.16-3.1.i386.rpm
libpng-1.2.7-3.1.i386.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.7-3.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
libpng10-1.0.16-3.1.i386.rpm
libpng10-1.0.16-3.1.x86_64.rpm
libpng10-devel-1.0.16-3.1.x86_64.rpm
libpng-1.2.7-3.1.i386.rpm
libpng-1.2.7-3.1.x86_64.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.7-3.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
libpng-1.2.10-7.1.el5.1.src.rpm
 i386:
libpng-1.2.10-7.1.el5.1.i386.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.10-7.1.el5.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
libpng-1.2.10-7.1.el5.1.i386.rpm
libpng-1.2.10-7.1.el5.1.x86_64.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.10-7.1.el5.1.i386.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.10-7.1.el5.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson
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