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libglpng: arbitrary code execution

Package(s):libglpng CVE #(s):CVE-2010-1519
Created:September 13, 2010 Updated:September 15, 2010
Description: From the CVE entry:

Multiple integer overflows in glpng.c in glpng 1.45 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG image, related to (1) the pngLoadRawF function and (2) the pngLoadF function, leading to heap-based buffer overflows.

Alerts:
Mandriva MDVSA-2010:179 2010-09-12
Fedora FEDORA-2010-14525 2010-09-11
Fedora FEDORA-2010-14529 2010-09-11
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