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Slackware 12.2: 2009-170-01 Critical: Libpng Uninitialized Memory

New libpng packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Jeff Phillips discovered an uninitialized-memory-read bug affecting interlaced images that may have security implications. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libpng (SSA:2009-170-01) New libpng packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Jeff Phillips discovered an uninitialized-memory-read bug affecting interlaced images that may have security implications. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2042 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz: Upgraded. This update fixes a possible security issue. Jeff Phillips discovered an uninitialized-memory-read bug affecting interlaced images that may have security implications. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2042 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 8.1: Updated package for Slackware 9.0: Updated package for Slackware 9.1: Updated package for Slackware 10.0: Updated package for Slackware 10.1: Updated package for Slackware 10.2: Updated package for Slackware11.0: Updated package for Slackware 12.0: Updated package for Slackware 12.1: Updated package for Slackware 12.2: Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 8.1 package: 1851e3199ffefdfa5fd8a99d895a40a3 libpng-1.2.37-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz Slackware 9.0 package: 4693d4a6794100fde58eaf5fa465ee8f libpng-1.2.37-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz Slackware 9.1 package: ec207cf4bfb1f847e50a6dbf3dc78115 libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz Slackware 10.0 package: 1876f3ac377ce5d259c7ec3f6e0153a7 libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz Slackware 10.1 package: 2ab0b1ac484925f30984636353d39bda libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz Slackware 10.2 package: 0921f5d71d168b226cc3022d33fcbe23 libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Slackware 11.0 package: a901f86a500ac565c4f37fa1d13510d9 libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: 3311aaf3084916f5c6945ebf82f7dffd libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: 5fa3c78fb2a34ead9921237ee40a5261 libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: 4ce1aa90b408c55a5727e8e7dee8bf0f libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Slackware -current package: d596d01bf2f7dc74080cf819f53d9417 libpng-1.2.37-i486-1.txz Slackware64 -current package: 393078aee59637e0158612f3b46e4e7b libpng-1.2.37-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz +-----+ . Updated libpng versions for Slackware address a vulnerability linked to uninitialized memory accesses that could impact image files.. Libpng, Slackware Update, Security Patch, Software Fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jun 20, 2009 •Critical Slackware