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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-6218: libpng: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-6218: libpng: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

02/20/2009

Created

07/25/2018

Added

10/30/2017

Modified

10/29/2021

Description

Memory leak in the png_handle_tEXt function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.33 rc02 and 1.4.0 beta36 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted PNG file.

Solution(s)

gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-antivirus-bitdefender-console
gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-arch-gzip
gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-arch-ncompress
gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-misc-beanstalkd
gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-text-dvipng
gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-text-gv
gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-lang-tk
gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-liblzw
gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-perl-perl-tk
gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-util-insight
gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-util-sourcenav
gentoo-linux-upgrade-kde-base-kdm
gentoo-linux-upgrade-kde-base-kget
gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-gfx-splashutils
gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-libpng
gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-tv-dvbstreamer
gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-ftp-lftp
gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-mail-mlmmj
gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-iputils
gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-acl
gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-pmount
gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-auth-pam_krb5
gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-block-partimage
gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-devel-m4
gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-uzbl
gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-apps-xinit
gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-gtk
gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-misc-slim

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2008-6218
31920
CVE - 2008-6218
DSA-1750
200903-28
201412-08
46115

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