[sflack-security] libpng (SFSA:2007-136-01)

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[sflack-security] libpng (SFSA:2007-136-01)

New libpng packages are available for Sflack 11.0,
and -current to fix a security issue.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2445


Here are the details from the Sflack 11.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/libpng-1.2.18-x86_64-1_sflack11.0.tgz:
Upgraded to libpng-1.2.18.
A grayscale PNG image with a malformed (bad CRC) tRNS chunk will crash some
libpng applications. This vulnerability has been assigned the identifiers
CVE-2007-2445 and CERT VU#684664.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2445
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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See the "Get Sflack" section on http://sflack.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Sflack 11.0:
ftp://ftp.sflack.com/pub/sflack/sflack-11.0/patches/packages/libpng-1.2.18-x86_64-1_sflack11.0.tgz

Updated package for Sflack -current:
ftp://ftp.sflack.com/pub/sflack/sflack-current/slackware/l/libpng-1.2.18-x86_64-1.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Sflack 11.0 package:
9fbdd2ccfd3c35a14bf4d17517190b1d libpng-1.2.18-x86_64-1_sflack11.0.tgz

Sflack -current package:
84d55b396a7e169ca5d86ba72c7b558b libpng-1.2.18-x86_64-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg libpng-1.2.18-x86_64-1_sflack11.0.tgz


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Sflack Linux Security Team
http://sflack.com/gpg-key
security at sflack.com

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