rPath alert rPSA-2006-0211-1 (libpng)

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rPSA-2006-0211-1 libpng
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Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:17:38 -0500
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rPath Security Advisory: 2006-0211-1
Published: 2006-11-15
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
    Indirect Deterministic Denial of Service
Updated Versions:
    libpng=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/1.2.13-0.1-1

References:
    http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-200...
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-790

Description:
    Previous versions of the libpng package are vulnerable to a denial
    of service attack when an application that uses libpng attempts to
    decode certain malformed PNG files.