Date:         Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:23:27 -0600
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA for cairo on SL5.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: "scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov"
          

Synopsis: 	Important: cairo security update
Issue date:	2007-11-29
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-5503

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way Cairo processes PNG images.
If an application linked against Cairo processes a malicious PNG image, it
is possible to execute arbitrary code as the user running the application.
(CVE-2007-5503)

SL 5.x

    SRPMS:
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.src.rpm
    i386:
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5.i386.rpm
cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5.i386.rpm
    x86_64:
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5.i386.rpm
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5.src.rpm
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5.i386.rpm
cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

SciLinux: CVE-2007-5503 cairo SL5.x i386/x86_64

Important: cairo security update

Summary

Date:         Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:23:27 -0600Reply-To:     Troy Dawson Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux              From:         Troy Dawson Subject:      Security ERRATA for cairo on SL5.x i386/x86_64Comments: To: "scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov"          Synopsis: 	Important: cairo security updateIssue date:	2007-11-29CVE Names:	CVE-2007-5503An integer overflow flaw was found in the way Cairo processes PNG images.If an application linked against Cairo processes a malicious PNG image, itis possible to execute arbitrary code as the user running the application.(CVE-2007-5503)SL 5.x    SRPMS:cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.src.rpm    i386:cairo-1.2.4-3.el5.i386.rpmcairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5.i386.rpm    x86_64:cairo-1.2.4-3.el5.i386.rpmcairo-1.2.4-3.el5.src.rpmcairo-1.2.4-3.el5.x86_64.rpmcairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5.i386.rpmcairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5.x86_64.rpm-Connie Sieh-Troy Dawson



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