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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50827
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2002:049 (libpng)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to libpng
announced via advisory MDKSA-2002:049.

A buffer overflow was found in the in the progressive reader of the PNG
library when the PNG datastream contains more IDAT data than indicated
by the IHDR chunk. These deliberately malformed datastreams would
crash applications thus potentially allowing an attacker to execute
malicious code. Many programs make use of the PNG libraries, including
web browsers. This overflow is corrected in versions 1.0.14 and 1.2.4
of the PNG library.

In order to have the system utilize the upgraded packages after the
upgrade, you must restart all running applications that are linked to
libpng. You can obtain this list by executing lsof piped to grep libpng or
fuser -v /usr/lib/libpng.so.

Affected versions: 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, Corporate Server 1.0.1,
Single Network Firewall 7.2


Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2002:049

Risk factor : High

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