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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54613
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200407-06 (libpng)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200407-06.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200407-06.

Vulnerability Insight:
libpng contains a buffer overflow vulnerability potentially allowing an
attacker to perform a Denial of Service attack or even execute arbitrary
code.

Solution:
All libpng users should upgrade to the latest stable version:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv '>=media-libs/libpng-1.2.5-r7'
# emerge '>=media-libs/libpng-1.2.5-r7'

You should also run revdep-rebuild to rebuild any packages that depend on
older versions of libpng :

# revdep-rebuild

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-1363
BugTraq ID: 6431
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6431
Debian Security Information: DSA-213 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-213
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1943
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:008
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:063
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3657
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-006.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-007.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-119.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-157.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-249.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-402.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2003:0004 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_004_libpng.html
XForce ISS Database: libpng-file-offset-bo(10925)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10925
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