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Slackware alert SSA:2007-325-01 (libpng)

From:  Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To:  slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject:  [slackware-security] libpng (SSA:2007-325-01)
Date:  Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:14:31 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.63.0711210013570.4876@bob.slackware.com>

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libpng (SSA:2007-325-01) New libpng packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix security issues. More details about these issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5266 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5267 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5268 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5269 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libpng-1.2.23-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz: Upgraded to libpng-1.2.23. Previous libpng versions may crash when loading malformed PNG files. It is not currently known if this vulnerability can be exploited to execute malicious code. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5266 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5267 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5268 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5269 (* 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 (http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 8.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patch... Updated package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patch... Updated package for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patch... Updated package for Slackware 10.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware 10.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patc... Updated package for Slackware 10.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patc... Updated package for Slackware 11.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 8.1 package: 8d0dd9842dad8760a307b26553a65d4b libpng-1.2.23-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz Slackware 9.0 package: de97c8d48064f524f5f1e8282239b273 libpng-1.2.23-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz Slackware 9.1 package: b27a0b7a99c61481790e48c3ba8f9b7c libpng-1.2.23-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz Slackware 10.0 package: 554b84161d14901c9ffe6af8bb3f8248 libpng-1.2.23-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz Slackware 10.1 package: 3f9f1ba6c975ea16b8921482fba71c74 libpng-1.2.18-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz Slackware 10.2 package: 3a7f07dbaef1058987718fc5bc2beed0 libpng-1.2.18-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Slackware 11.0 package: 0582f807f04c7041092b0ccc10c17d1f libpng-1.2.23-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: aaa0871396e70f44cd8ee6b4243fa93e libpng-1.2.23-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware -current package: db8a8d10e3b637380875d7644faa8e37 libpng-1.2.23-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg libpng-1.2.23-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Applications that use libpng may have to be restarted. +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHQ966akRjwEAQIjMRAkDSAJ9qsy56HtlFRzJ6KHw0IHvTpwYy4QCfWKwx QynGu1+MrZR1rveS7vWx71Q= =scxa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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