Synopsis: Moderate: libpng security update
Issue Date: 2012-03-20
CVE Numbers: CVE-2011-3045
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The libpng packages contain a library of functions for creating and
manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files.
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libpng processed
compressed chunks in PNG image files. An attacker could create a
specially-crafted PNG image file that, when opened, could cause an
application using libpng to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2011-3045)
Users of libpng should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct
this issue. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, they contain a backported
patch. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, they upgrade libpng to version
1.2.48. All running applications using libpng must be restarted for the
update to take effect.
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SL5
x86_64
libpng-1.2.10-16.el5_8.i386.rpm
libpng-1.2.10-16.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.10-16.el5_8.i386.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.10-16.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
i386
libpng-1.2.10-16.el5_8.i386.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.10-16.el5_8.i386.rpm
SL6
x86_64
libpng-1.2.48-1.el6_2.i686.rpm
libpng-1.2.48-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.48-1.el6_2.i686.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.48-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
libpng-static-1.2.48-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
i386
libpng-1.2.48-1.el6_2.i686.rpm
libpng-devel-1.2.48-1.el6_2.i686.rpm
libpng-static-1.2.48-1.el6_2.i686.rpm
– Scientific Linux Development Team
