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rPSA-2006-0211-1 libpng

From: rPath Update Announcements (announce-noreplyrpath.com)
Date: Wed Nov 15 2006 - 16:17:38 CST

rPath Security Advisory: 2006-0211-1
Published: 2006-11-15
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
    Indirect Deterministic Denial of Service
Updated Versions:
    libpng=/conary.rpath.comrpl:devel//1/1.2.13-0.1-1

References:
    http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5793
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-790

Description:
    Previous versions of the libpng package are vulnerable to a denial
    of service attack when an application that uses libpng attempts to
    decode certain malformed PNG files.