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TITLE:
Fedora update for libpng

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30486

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30486/

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 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 via the yum utility ("yum update libpng").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00111.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00080.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00033.html

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

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