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Ubuntu 5.10/6.06/6.10 USN-383-1 Critical: Libpng Application Crash

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Calendar Grey November 17, 2006
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-384-2 points out a vulnerability in libjpeg that could allow execution of arbitrary code through specially designed JPEG images.
Tavis Ormandy discovered that libpng did not correctly calculate the size of sPLT structures when reading an image

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security advisory critical issue Ubuntu libpng application crash image processing attack vector

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-383-1 November 16, 2006

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security advisory critical issue Ubuntu libpng application crash image processing attack vector

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