Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for libpng10. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for libpng10
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34210
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34210/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for libpng10. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) or to potentially compromise an application using the
library.
For more information:
SA33970
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update libpng10").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2009-2045:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00272.html
FEDORA-2009-1976:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00412.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA33970:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33970/
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