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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200705-24.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200705-24.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6479d816edf4 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200705-24.xml @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200705-24"> + <title>libpng: Denial of Service</title> + <synopsis> + A vulnerability in libpng may allow a remote attacker to crash applications + that handle untrusted images. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">libpng</product> + <announced>2007-05-31</announced> + <revised count="01">2007-05-31</revised> + <bug>178004</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="media-libs/libpng" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.2.17</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.17</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + libpng is a free ANSI C library used to process and manipulate PNG + images. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Mats Palmgren fixed an error in file pngrutil.c in which the trans[] + array might be not allocated because of images with a bad tRNS chunk + CRC value. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could craft an image that when processed or viewed by + an application using libpng causes the application to terminate + abnormally. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + Please note that due to separate bugs in libpng 1.2.17, Gentoo does not + provide libpng-1.2.17 but libpng-1.2.18. All libpng users should + upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libpng-1.2.18"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2445">CVE-2007-2445</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-05-27T07:35:26Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-05-27T13:49:05Z"> + falco + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-05-31T08:41:58Z"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |