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libpng ICC Profile Chunk Denial of Service Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:

SA27130

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Release Date:

2007-10-08

Last Update:

2007-10-16

Popularity:

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Critical:

Less critical

Impact:

DoS

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

libpng 1.x

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Solution:
Update to version 1.2.22.

NOTE: Various other, similar off-by-one errors have also been fixed in version 1.2.22.

This version also fixes an issue related to the use of a logical NOT instead of a bitwise NOT.
For more information see vulnerability #1 in:
SA27093

Provided and/or discovered by:
bnanson

Changelog:
2007-10-09: Added CVE reference.
2007-10-15: Updated "Solution" section. Added new link to "Original Advisory" section.

Original Advisory:
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/fo....com&forum_name=png-mng-implement
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/src/libpng-1.2.22-README.txt

Other References:
SA27093:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27093/

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