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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2446-1 libpng -- incorrect memory handling

Date Reported:

04 Apr 2012

Affected Packages:

libpng

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2011-3048.

More information:

It was discovered that incorrect memory handling in the png_set_text2() function of the PNG library could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version libpng_1.2.44-1+squeeze4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your libpng packages.