---------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-EXTRAS-2006-004
2006-11-09
---------------------------------------------------------------------Product:    Fedora Extras [3 4 5 6 devel]
Name:       imlib2
Version:    1.2.1-2 [FE 3 4], 1.3.0-3 [FE 5 6 devel]
Summary:    Image loading, saving, rendering, and manipulation library
Description:
Imlib 2 is a library that does image file loading and saving as well
as rendering, manipulation, arbitrary polygon support, etc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

CVE IDs: CVE-2006-4806, CVE-2006-4807, CVE-2006-4808, CVE-2006-4809

M. Joonas Pihlaja discovered that imlib2 did not sufficiently verify the 
validity of ARGB, JPG, LBM, PNG, PNM, TGA, and TIFF images.  If a user 
were tricked into viewing or processing a specially crafted image with 
an application that uses imlib2, the flaws could be exploited to execute 
arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

Fedora Extras versions earlier then the versions mentioned above are
vulnerable to this problem, upgrade to fix this vulnerability.
---------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program.  Use 'yum
update package-name' at the command line.  For more information, refer
to 'Managing Software with yum,' available at


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Fedora Extras [3 4 5 6 devel] / 1.2.1-2 [FE 3 4], 1.3.0-3 [FE 5 6 devel]

November 9, 2006
CVE IDs: CVE-2006-4806, CVE-2006-4807, CVE-2006-4808, CVE-2006-4809 M

Summary

FEDORA-EXTRAS-2006-004 2006-11-09 Name: imlib2 Version: 1.2.1-2 [FE 3 4], 1.3.0-3 [FE 5 6 devel] Summary: Image loading, saving, rendering, and manipulation library Description: Imlib 2 is a library that does image file loading and saving as well as rendering, manipulation, arbitrary polygon support, etc. CVE IDs: CVE-2006-4806, CVE-2006-4807, CVE-2006-4808, CVE-2006-4809 M. Joonas Pihlaja discovered that imlib2 did not sufficiently verify the validity of ARGB, JPG, LBM, PNG, PNM, TGA, and TIFF images. If a user were tricked into viewing or processing a specially crafted image with an application that uses imlib2, the flaws could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. Fedora Extras versions earlier then the versions mentioned above are vulnerable to this problem, upgrade to fix this vulnerability. update package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing Software with yum,' available at

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