update vulnerable libpng to fixed version?

Andrey Chernov ache at nagual.pp.ru
Thu Aug 5 08:29:21 PDT 2004


On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 11:16:06AM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> However, having 1.2.6rc1 listed as the recommended upgrade path in a CERT 
> advisory probably makes 1.2.6rc1 more public than it would have been, 
> otherwise.  Speaking of which, the CERT advisory reads:
> 
>    In the case of VU#388984, an attacker with the ability to introduce a
>    malformed PNG image to a vulnerable application could cause the
>    application to crash or could potentially execute arbitrary code with
>    the privileges of the user running the affected application.

Since CERT entry VU#388984 not points to any patch, I can only guess that 
this bug is fixed by official 0-11 patches I commit several hours ago.

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