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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200711-08 (libpng)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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 200711-08.

Insight

Insight

Several vulnerabilities in libpng may allow a remote attacker to crash applications that handle untrusted images.

Solution

Solution

All libpng users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/libpng-1.2.21-r3' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200711-08 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195261

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