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CERT Warns Of Multiple Vulnerabilities In Libpng

Posted by simoniker on from the puh-nug-guh dept.

jefftp writes "CERT announced today that there are several vulnerabilities in libpng, one is a buffer overflow which could potentially cause a PNG image file to execute arbitrary code. Libpng release 1.2.6rc1 addresses the problems covered by this CERT announcement, and can be obtained from the libpng Sourceforge project. A fully tested version is to be released in the next few weeks."

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  1. Why do you guys even try?? by ModernGeek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I dont' get trolling, it isn't funny, and thanks to moderation, it isn't even annoying. So, why do people still try, I don't see a fucking point. It's stupid, it's old, and I'm feeding one.

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