news 28 Posted June 20, 2009 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libpng (SSA:2009-170-01) New libpng packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Jeff Phillips discovered an uninitialized-memory-read bug affecting interlaced images that may have security implications. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2042 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz: Upgraded. This update fixes a possible security issue. Jeff Phillips discovered an uninitialized-memory-read bug affecting interlaced images that may have security implications. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2042 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 8.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/libpng-1.2.37-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/libpng-1.2.37-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 10.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 10.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 10.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Updated package for Slackware 11.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libpng-1.2.37-i486-1.txz Updated package for Slackware64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libpng-1.2.37-x86_64-1.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 8.1 package: 1851e3199ffefdfa5fd8a99d895a40a3 libpng-1.2.37-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz Slackware 9.0 package: 4693d4a6794100fde58eaf5fa465ee8f libpng-1.2.37-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz Slackware 9.1 package: ec207cf4bfb1f847e50a6dbf3dc78115 libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz Slackware 10.0 package: 1876f3ac377ce5d259c7ec3f6e0153a7 libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz Slackware 10.1 package: 2ab0b1ac484925f30984636353d39bda libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz Slackware 10.2 package: 0921f5d71d168b226cc3022d33fcbe23 libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Slackware 11.0 package: a901f86a500ac565c4f37fa1d13510d9 libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: 3311aaf3084916f5c6945ebf82f7dffd libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: 5fa3c78fb2a34ead9921237ee40a5261 libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: 4ce1aa90b408c55a5727e8e7dee8bf0f libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Slackware -current package: d596d01bf2f7dc74080cf819f53d9417 libpng-1.2.37-i486-1.txz Slackware64 -current package: 393078aee59637e0158612f3b46e4e7b libpng-1.2.37-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libpng-1.2.37-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
