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Scientific Linux: Security Advisory Moderate: libpng Buffer Overflow

Calendar Mar 05, 2009 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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Moderate: libpng security update 
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 15:19:39 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: libpng on SL3.x, SL4.x,
 SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: libpng security update
Issue date:	2009-03-04
CVE Names:	CVE-2008-1382 CVE-2009-0040

A flaw was discovered in libpng that could result in libpng trying to
free() random memory if certain, unlikely error conditions occurred. If
a carefully-crafted PNG file was loaded by an application linked against
libpng, it could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
(CVE-2009-0040)

A flaw was discovered in the way libpng handled PNG images containing
"unknown" chunks. If an application linked against libpng attempted to
process a malformed, unknown chunk in a malicious PNG image, it could
cause the application to crash. (CVE-2008-1382)

All running applications using libpng or libpng10 must be restarted for
the update to take effect.

SL 3.0.x

 SRPMS:
libpng-1.2.2-29.src.rpm
libpng10-1.0.13-20.src.rpm
 i386:
libpng10-1.0.13-20.i386.rpm
libpng10-devel-1.0.13-20.i386.rpm
libpng-1.2.2-29.i386.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.2-29.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
libpng10-1.0.13-20.i386.rpm
libpng10-1.0.13-20.x86_64.rpm
libpng10-devel-1.0.13-20.x86_64.rpm
libpng-1.2.2-29.i386.rpm
libpng-1.2.2-29.x86_64.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.2-29.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
libpng-1.2.7-3.el4_7.2.src.rpm
libpng10-1.0.16-3.el4_7.3.src.rpm
 i386:
libpng10-1.0.16-3.el4_7.3.i386.rpm
libpng10-devel-1.0.16-3.el4_7.3.i386.rpm
libpng-1.2.7-3.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.7-3.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
libpng10-1.0.16-3.el4_7.3.i386.rpm
libpng10-1.0.16-3.el4_7.3.x86_64.rpm
libpng10-devel-1.0.16-3.el4_7.3.x86_64.rpm
libpng-1.2.7-3.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libpng-1.2.7-3.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.7-3.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
libpng-1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2.src.rpm
 i386:
libpng-1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2.i386.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
libpng-1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2.i386.rpm
libpng-1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2.x86_64.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2.i386.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson