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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200407-06 (libpng)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

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Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200407-06.

Insight

Insight

libpng contains a buffer overflow vulnerability potentially allowing an attacker to perform a Denial of Service attack or even execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Solution

All libpng users should upgrade to the latest stable version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=media-libs/libpng-1.2.5-r7' # emerge '>=media-libs/libpng-1.2.5-r7' You should also run revdep-rebuild to rebuild any packages that depend on older versions of libpng : # revdep-rebuild http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200407-06 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56307

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