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SSA-2004-124-04 libpng update

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2004-124-04 libpng update

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

New libpng packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current to
fix an issue where libpng could be caused to crash, perhaps creating a denial
of service issue if network services are linked with it.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0421

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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