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Slackware 9.0/9.1 Update: Security Fix for libpng Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey May 3, 2004
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Arch Linux releases updated libpng packages addressing a potential DoS vulnerability linked to out-of-bounds memory access.
New libpng packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix an issue where libpng could be caused to crash, perhaps creating a denial of service issue if network ...

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 9.1 ChangeLog: Sun May 2 17:16:41 PDT 2004 patches/packages/libpng-1.2.5-i486-2.tgz: Patched a problem where libpng may access memory that is out of bounds when creating an error message, possibly crashing libpng and creating a denial of service. For more details, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-CAN-2004-0421 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software patch slackware libpng

Where Find New Packages

Updated package for Slackware 9.0:
Updated package for Slackware 9.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 9.0 package: 6c68e6a65850e26b60651d65fd8c0a2f libpng-1.2.5-i386-2.tgz
Slackware 9.1 package: 781c7e61997c34c5c70855be40012bb9 libpng-1.2.5-i486-2.tgz
Slackware -current package: 476b916ded315a2eba0af3c6637d770b libpng-1.2.5-i486-2.tgz

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software patch slackware libpng

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libpng-1.2.5-i486-2.tgz