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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200607-06 (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

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200607-06.

Insight

Insight

A buffer overflow has been found in the libpng library that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Solution

All libpng users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/libpng-1.2.12' All AMD64 emul-linux-x86-baselibs users should also upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-baselibs-2.5.1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200607-06 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138433 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138672 http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/libpng/libpng-1.2.12-README.txt

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