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Message-ID: <4E1D232C.9070507@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:16:36 +0530
From: Huzaifa Sidhpurwala <huzaifas@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Security issues fixed in libpng 1.5.4

Hi,

There are three security issues which are fixed in libpng 1.5.4 [1].
The following CVE ids are assigned for those issues:

1. buffer overwrite in png_rgb_to_gray
CVE: CVE-2011-2690
Reference: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720607

2. Crash in png_default_error due to use of NULL Pointer
CVE: CVE-2011-2691
Reference: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720608

3. Memory corruption when handling empty sCAL chunks
CVE: CVE-2011-2692
Reference: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720612

Thanks.

[1] http://libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html

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Huzaifa Sidhpurwala / Red Hat Security Response Team

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