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Debian Security Advisory
DSA-570-1 libpng -- integer overflow

Date Reported:
20 Oct 2004
Affected Packages:
libpng
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre\'s CVE dictionary: CAN-2004-0955.
More information:

Several integer overflows have been discovered by its upstream developers in libpng, a commonly used library to display PNG graphics. They could be exploited to cause arbitrary code to be executed when a specially crafted PNG image is processed.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.12-3.woody.9.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.15-8.

We recommend that you upgrade your libpng packages.
Fixed in:
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... oody.9.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... .9.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... rig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... _alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... _alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... .9_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... .9_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... 9_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... 9_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... 9_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... 9_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... 9_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... 9_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... 9_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... 9_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... 9_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... 9_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... owerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... owerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... 9_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... 9_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... _sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates ... _sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.