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SOT Linux Security Advisory
Subject: Updated libpng package for SOT Linux 2002
Advisory ID: SLSA-2003:3
Date: Sunday, January 12, 2003
Product: SOT Linux 2002
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1. Problem description
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in libpng code:
1: Buffer overflow in the progressive reader for libpng 1.2.x
before 1.2.4, and 1.0.x before 1.0.14, allows attackers to cause
a denial of service (crash) via a PNG data stream that has
more IDAT data than indicated by the IHDR chunk.
2: Buffer overflow in libpng and libpng3 may allow attackers to cause
a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.
SOT Linux users are advised to update libpng package.
2. Updated packages
SOT Linux 2002 Desktop:
i386:
ftp://ftp.sot.com/updates/2002/Desktop/i386/libpng-1.0.15-5.i386.rpm
SRPMS:
ftp://ftp.sot.com/updates/2002/Desktop/SRPMS/libpng-1.0.15-5.src.rpm
SOT Linux 2002 Server:
i386:
ftp://ftp.sot.com/updates/2002/Server/i386/libpng-1.0.15-5.i386.rpm
SRPMS:
ftp://ftp.sot.com/updates/2002/Server/SRPMS/libpng-1.0.15-5.src.rpm
3. Upgrading package
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
Use up2date to automatically upgrade the fixed packages.
If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from
the SOT Linux FTP site (use the links above) or from one of our mirrors.
The list of mirrors can be obtained at www.sot.com/en/linux
Update the package with the following command:
rpm -Uvh <filename>
4. Verification
All packages are PGP signed by SOT for security.
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig <filename>
If you wish to verify the integrity of the downloaded package, run
"md5sum <filename>" and compare the output with data given below.
Package Name MD5 sum
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/Desktop/i386/libpng-1.0.15-5.i386.rpm 5ccf7fb5cfd3453812f3354cbac60cf4
/Desktop/SRPMS/libpng-1.0.15-5.src.rpm 26de21dcae337c100754e53c17fc77fe
/Server/i386/libpng-1.0.15-5.i386.rpm 5ccf7fb5cfd3453812f3354cbac60cf4
/Server/SRPMS/libpng-1.0.15-5.src.rpm 26de21dcae337c100754e53c17fc77fe
5. References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0728
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0660
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
Copyright(c) 2001, 2002 SOT
