RHSA-2007:0992Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: libpng security update

Published
October 23, 2007
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2007-5269 →

📋 Description

CVE-2007-5269 — libpng DoS via multiple out-of-bounds reads

🎯 Affected products200

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • libpng-2:1.0.14-11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • libpng-2:1.0.14-11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
  • libpng-2:1.0.14-11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
  • libpng-2:1.0.14-11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • libpng-2:1.0.14-11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • libpng-2:1.0.14-11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • libpng-2:1.0.14-11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
  • libpng-2:1.0.14-11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
  • libpng-2:1.0.14-11.src as a component of Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • libpng-2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_0.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libpng-2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_0.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • libpng-2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_0.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libpng-2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_0.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libpng-2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_0.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libpng-2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_0.1.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • +170 more not shown

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

🔗 References (4)