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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200407-06">
+ <title>libpng: Buffer overflow on row buffers</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ libpng contains a buffer overflow vulnerability potentially allowing an
+ attacker to perform a Denial of Service attack or even execute arbitrary
+ code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">libpng</product>
+ <announced>2004-07-08</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2004-07-08</revised>
+ <bug>56307</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-libs/libpng" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.2.5-r7</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="le">1.2.5-r6</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ libpng is a standard library used to process PNG (Portable Network
+ Graphics) images. It is used by several other programs, including web
+ browsers and potentially server processes.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Due to a wrong calculation of loop offset values, libpng contains a buffer
+ overflow vulnerability on the row buffers. This vulnerability was initially
+ patched in January 2003 but since it has been discovered that libpng
+ contains the same vulnerability in two other places.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause programs linked
+ against the library to crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions
+ of the user running the vulnerable program, which could be the root user.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
+ upgrade to the latest available version.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All libpng users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge sync
+
+ # emerge -pv "&gt;=media-libs/libpng-1.2.5-r7"
+ # emerge "&gt;=media-libs/libpng-1.2.5-r7"</code>
+ <p>
+ You should also run revdep-rebuild to rebuild any packages that depend on
+ older versions of libpng :
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # revdep-rebuild</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-1363">CAN-2002-1363</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>