Secunia - Stay Secure
Gartner
Home Corporate Website Jobs Updated Mailing Lists RSS Blog  Online Shop Advertise
Software Inspectors
  Scan Online
  Personal (PSI)
  Network (NSI 2.0)

Solutions For
  Security Professionals
  Security Vendors

Free Solutions For
  Open Communities
  Journalists & Media

Secunia Advisories
  Search
  Historic Advisories
  Listed By Product
  Listed By Vendor
  Statistics / Graphs
  Secunia Research
  Report Vulnerability
  About Advisories

Virus Information
  Chronological List
  Last 10 Virus Alerts
  About Virus Information

Secunia Customers
  Customer Area


Slackware update for libpng Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA23208  
Release Date: 2006-12-04

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Slackware Linux 10.0
Slackware Linux 8.x
Slackware Linux 9.0
Slackware Linux 9.1


CVE reference:CVE-2006-5793 (Secunia mirror)

Want to know the next time vulnerabilities are fixed in this product?
- Companies can be alerted via email and SMS!


Description:
Slackware has issued an update for libpng. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA22900

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Slackware 8.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware...ges/libpng-1.2.14-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz

Slackware 9.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware...ges/libpng-1.2.14-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz

Slackware 9.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware...ges/libpng-1.2.14-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz

Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware...es/libpng-1.2.14-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz

Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware...es/libpng-1.2.14-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz

Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware...es/libpng-1.2.14-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz

Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware...es/libpng-1.2.14-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Original Advisory:
http://slackware.com/security/viewer....=2006&m=slackware-security.465035

Other References:
SA22900:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22900/



Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.

184 Related Secunia Security Advisories, displaying 10

1. Slackware update for samba
2. Slackware update for libpng
3. Slackware update for xine-lib
4. Slackware update for m4
5. Slackware update for bzip2
6. Slackware update for openssh
7. Slackware update for xine-lib
8. Slackware update for xine-lib
9. Slackware update for apache
10. Slackware update for samba

Show all related advisories


Send Feedback to Secunia

If you have new information regarding this Secunia advisory or a product in our database, please send it to us using either our web form or email us at vuln@secunia.com.

Ideas, suggestions, and other feedback are most welcome.








Secunia PSI
Scan | Patch | Track
Free Download

Secunia Poll

Do you think it's important to read Setup/User Guides for applications for use within your network?


See Results   


Most Popular Advisories

1.
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities
2.
Opera for Windows Unspecified Code Execution
3.
Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities
4.
GNOME Glib PCRE pcre_compile.c Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
5.
Fedora update for glib2
6.
VLC Media Player WAV Processing Integer Overflow
7.
Novell eDirectory ds.dlm Module Buffer Overflow
8.
PCRE pcre_compile.c Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
9.
UnixWare ReliantHA Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
10.
Drupal Organic groups Information Disclosure and Script Insertion





Vulnerability Management - Terms & Conditions - Copyright 2002-2008 Secunia - Compliance - Contact Secunia