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[ MDKSA-2006:210 ] - Updated syslinux packages to fix embedded libpng vulnerabilities



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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDKSA-2006:210
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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 Package : syslinux
 Date    : November 16, 2006
 Affected: 2007.0
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 Problem Description:
 
 SYSLINUX is a boot loader for the Linux operating system which operates
 off an MS-DOS/Windows FAT filesystem. It is built with a private copy
 of libpng, and as such could be susceptible to some of the same
 vulnerabilities:

 Buffer overflow in the png_decompress_chunk function in pngrutil.c in
 libpng before 1.2.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a
 denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified
 vectors related to "chunk error processing," possibly involving the
 "chunk_name". (CVE-2006-3334)

 It is questionable whether this issue is actually exploitable, but the
 patch to correct the issue has been included in versions < 1.2.12.

 Tavis Ormandy, of the Gentoo Linux Security Auditing Team, discovered a
 typo in png_set_sPLT() that may cause an application using libpng to
 read out of bounds, resulting in a crash. (CVE-2006-5793)

 Packages have been patched to correct these issues.
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 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3334
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5793
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 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
 a2d0440a0b3a9c931479800703a2d60e  
2007.0/i586/pxelinux-3.20-3.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 1dcefe1c500d17ddc430c9990b202c2b  
2007.0/i586/syslinux-3.20-3.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 4c973128add1460edb19f4826a1bad7a  
2007.0/i586/syslinux-devel-3.20-3.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
 3893ea9327016ffbd67429924376378d  
2007.0/SRPMS/syslinux-3.20-3.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
 f8a364fb18e1a5a17d9112738925555c  
2007.0/x86_64/pxelinux-3.20-3.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 dc169368f3b24012fd34030a82de0367  
2007.0/x86_64/syslinux-3.20-3.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 e4ef6f30ce1ff80b91e21e883eff1d27  
2007.0/x86_64/syslinux-devel-3.20-3.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
 3893ea9327016ffbd67429924376378d  
2007.0/SRPMS/syslinux-3.20-3.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
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 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
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