[PLSA 2008-69] libpng: Denial of Service

[Pınar Yanardağ <pinar () pardus org tr>]

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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2008-69            security () pardus org tr
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      Date: 2008-11-11
  Severity: 1
      Type: Remote
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Summary
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A vulnerability has been reported in libpng, which can be exploited  by 
malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). 


Description
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The vulnerability is caused due to  a  memory  leak  error  within  the 
"png_handle_tEXt()" function in pngrutil.c. This can  be  exploited  to 
potentially exhaust all available memory via a  specially  crafted  PNG 
image. 



Affected packages:

  Pardus 2008:
    libpng, all before 1.2.33-16-6


Resolution
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There are update(s) for libpng. You can update them via Package Manager 
or with a single command from console: 

    pisi up libpng

References
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  * http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=8565
  * http://secunia.com/advisories/32418/

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Pardus Security Team
http://security.pardus.org.tr


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