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libpng: memory leak

Package(s):libpng CVE #(s):CVE-2008-6218
Created:March 13, 2009 Updated:August 17, 2011
Description: From the CVE entry: Memory leak in the png_handle_tEXt function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.33 rc02 and 1.4.0 beta36 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted PNG file.
Alerts:
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2011:0915-1 2011-08-17
Mandriva MDVSA-2010:133 2010-07-15
Debian DSA-1750-1 2009-03-22
Gentoo 200903-28 2009-03-15
rPath rPSA-2009-0046-1 2009-03-12
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