Slackware alert SSA:2007-325-01a (libpng)
| From: | Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com> | |
| To: | slackware-security@slackware.com | |
| Subject: | [slackware-security] libpng for Slackware 10.1 and 10.2 (SSA:2007-325-01a) | |
| Date: | Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:16:25 -0800 (PST) | |
| Message-ID: | <Pine.LNX.4.63.0711211315590.18283@bob.slackware.com> |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libpng for Slackware 10.1 and 10.2 (SSA:2007-325-01a) New libpng packages are available for Slackware 10.1 and 10.2 that were left out of the last batch of updates. These fix the same security problems as the other 1.2.23 upgrades. 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 10.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libpng-1.2.23-i486-1_slack10.2.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 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... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 10.1 package: ceb264e9db70c30832fff54c127650fb libpng-1.2.23-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz Slackware 10.2 package: 16006289974b45f6fc2d1f1330dc2231 libpng-1.2.23-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg libpng-1.2.23-i486-1_slack10.2.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) iD8DBQFHRJxsakRjwEAQIjMRAsV3AJ41F1bmxb29DfSDAtUkz0qpoQK8CACfQdg0 +kbRM2+2YLNqmryYnrrefiU= =Jv/k -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----