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TITLE:
SUSE update for libpng14

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50149

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-08-02

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DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for libpng14. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when
decompressing PNG images and can be exploited to cause an
out-of-bounds read and crash the application via a specially crafted
PNG file.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the zypper package manager.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by Mikulas Patocka in a bug ticket.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
openSUSE-SU-2012:0934-1:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00004.html

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