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Fedora 23: LIBPNG Security Fix CVE-2015-8126 Moderate Buffer Overflow

Security fix for CVE-2015-8126 (#1281757, #12812756). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-4ad4998d00 2016-01-07 03:54:57.978258 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : libpng Product : Fedora 23 Version : 1.6.17 Release : 3.fc23 URL : http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/ Summary : A library of functions for manipulating PNG image format files Description : The libpng package contains a library of functions for creating and manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files. PNG is a bit-mapped graphics format similar to the GIF format. PNG was created to replace the GIF format, since GIF uses a patented data compression algorithm. Libpng should be installed if you need to manipulate PNG format image files. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Security fix for CVE-2015-8126 (#1281757, #12812756) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1281756 - CVE-2015-8126 CVE-2015-8472 libpng: Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in png_get_PLTE/png_set_PLTE functions https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281756 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libpng' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailinglist This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/package-announce.lists.fedoraproject.org/ . Fedora 23 enhances libpng to resolve CVE-2015-8126, mitigating potential buffer overflow threats.. libpng update, fedora security, buffer overflow fix. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 07, 2016 •Important Fedora