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Secunia Security Advisory 30402

Secunia Security Advisory 30402
Posted May 29, 2008
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for libpng10. 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.

tags | advisory, denial of service
systems | linux, fedora
SHA-256 | 910a422f8190d7ae4c371ba227e9d7df49e9ed9a9fd5d92a59782e5460bdb3f6

Secunia Security Advisory 30402

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TITLE:
Fedora update for libpng10

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30402

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30402/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 7
http://secunia.com/product/15552/
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/product/16769/
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/product/18642/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for libpng10. 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 via the yum utility ("yum update libpng10").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00951.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00960.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00721.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29792:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29792/

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About:
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everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

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Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
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Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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