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Pngcrush libpng Unknown Chunk Processing Uninitialized Memory Access

Secunia Advisory: SA30157  
Release Date: 2008-05-12

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

Software:Pngcrush 1.x

CVE reference:CVE-2008-1382 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Pngcrush, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information or potentially compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to the use of vulnerable libpng code.

For more information:
SA29792

Solution:
Update to version 1.6.5.

Original Advisory:
http://libpng.sourceforge.net/Advisory-1.2.26.txt

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



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