Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for mingw32-libpng. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for mingw32-libpng
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40756
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2010-07-28
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DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for mingw32-libpng. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise an application
using the library.
For more information:
SA40302
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update
mingw32-libpng").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-10776:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044590.html
FEDORA-2010-10793:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044585.html
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