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Slackware 12.0: 2007-337-02 Urgent: Security Flaw in Cairo PNG Handling

New cairo packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] cairo (SSA:2007-337-01) New cairo packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5503 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/cairo-1.4.12-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz: Upgraded to cairo-1.4.12. This fixes a possible security risk when decoding PNG files that may have been maliciously tampered with: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5503 (* 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 11.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/cairo-1.4.12-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/cairo-1.4.12-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 11.0 package: d3185d684496dde3a0031be467844405 cairo-1.4.12-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: 2d27eb33c8518cd4b4a59464c074acbe cairo-1.4.12-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware -currentpackage: 31e905277640285624fae188da4e8318 cairo-1.4.12-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg cairo-1.4.12-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz +-----+ . Latest cairo updates address vulnerabilities found in Slackware versions 11.0, 12.0, and current. Upgrade today to enhance your system's security.. Slackware Security Update,Cairo PNG Tampering,Software Upgrade. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Dec 04, 2007 •Critical Slackware