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

Secunia Advisory: SA27629  
Release Date: 2007-11-14

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

OS:Mandriva Linux 2007.0


CVE reference:CVE-2007-5269 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Mandriva 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:
SA27093

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

-- Mandriva Linux 2007 --

6e6a1a752c3323210b7873d9050cc2d1 2007.0/i586/libpng3-1.2.12-2.4mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
44c4d399df519a3774a470cf819fb396 2007.0/i586/libpng3-devel-1.2.12-2.4mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
a1933a55e7ee2fc3a250c6c429dfce93 2007.0/i586/libpng3-static-devel-1.2.12-2.4mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
4a1f620d405d0bc92c24912f5d109726 2007.0/SRPMS/libpng-1.2.12-2.4mdv2007.0.src.rpm

-- Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64 --

d367cc02889fa90498a8d0daa03cb89b 2007.0/x86_64/lib64png3-1.2.12-2.4mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
17216e150ba6841c0f1101f2f254a26b 2007.0/x86_64/lib64png3-devel-1.2.12-2.4mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
890f7e25640ed0d140304bd84e05a8f4 2007.0/x86_64/lib64png3-static-devel-1.2.12-2.4mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
4a1f620d405d0bc92c24912f5d109726 2007.0/SRPMS/libpng-1.2.12-2.4mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Original Advisory:
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:217

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



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