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

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

Secunia Advisory: SA30009  
Release Date: 2008-04-29

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Slackware Linux 10.0
Slackware Linux 11.0
Slackware Linux 8.x
Slackware Linux 9.0
Slackware Linux 9.1


CVE reference:CVE-2008-1382 (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), disclose potentially sensitive information, or potentially compromise an application using the library.

For more information:
SA29792

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Slackware 8.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware...ges/libpng-1.2.27-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz

Slackware 9.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware...ges/libpng-1.2.27-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz

Slackware 9.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware...ges/libpng-1.2.27-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz

Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware...es/libpng-1.2.27-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz

Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware...es/libpng-1.2.27-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz

Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware...es/libpng-1.2.27-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz

Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware...es/libpng-1.2.27-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware...es/libpng-1.2.27-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware.../slackware/l/libpng-1.2.27-i486-1.tgz

Original Advisory:
http://slackware.com/security/viewer....=2008&m=slackware-security.541247

Other References:
SA29792:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29792/



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.

220 Related Secunia Security Advisories, displaying 10

1. Slackware update for thunderbird
2. Slackware update for php
3. Slackware update for xine-lib
4. Slackware update for mozilla-firefox
5. Slackware update for m4
6. Slackware update for bzip2
7. Slackware update for openssh
8. Slackware update for xine-lib
9. Slackware update for seamonkey
10. Slackware update for mozilla-firefox

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.
Microsoft Windows CE Image Processing Vulnerabilities
2.
Internet Explorer "DisableCaching OfSSLPages" Weakness
3.
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages
4.
Sarg Multiple Unspecified Buffer Overflows
5.
Sun Solaris Print Service Unspecified Vulnerabilities
6.
Fedora update for audacity
7.
Fedora update for cups
8.
Pngcrush libpng Unknown Chunk Processing Uninitialized Memory Access
9.
Red Hat Directory Server Regular Expression Handler Buffer Overflow
10.
Fedora update for sipp





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