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OpenPKG Security Advisory OpenPKG GmbH
http://openpkg.org/security/ http://openpkg.com
OpenPKG-SA-2006.036 2006-11-17
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Package: png
Vulnerability: denial of service
OpenPKG Specific: no
Affected Series: Affected Packages: Corrected Packages:
E1.0-SOLID <= png-1.2.12-E1.0.0 >= png-1.2.12-E1.0.1
2-STABLE-20061018 <= png-1.2.12-2.20061018 >= png-1.2.13-2.20061116
2-STABLE <= png-1.2.12-2.20061018 >= png-1.2.13-2.20061116
CURRENT <= png-1.2.12-20061012 >= png-1.2.13-20061116
Description:
As confirmed by the vendor, a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability
exists in the PNG [0] image format library libpng [1], versions 1.0.6
through 1.2.12 and 1.0.20. The bug is in the decoder for the sPLT
("suggested palette") chunk and can lead to crashes and, accordingly,
a DoS, when an application using libpng for PNG processing displays a
specially crafted PNG image. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
(CVE) project assigned the id CVE-2006-5793 [2] to the problem.
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References:
[0] http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
[1] http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
[2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5793
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