RHSA-2015:2594Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: libpng security update

Published
December 9, 2015
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2015-7981 →CVE-2015-8126 →CVE-2015-8472 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-7981 — libpng: Out-of-bounds read in png_convert_to_rfc1123 CVE-2015-8126 — libpng: Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in png_get_PLTE/png_set_PLTE functions CVE-2015-8472 — libpng: Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in png_get_PLTE/png_set_PLTE functions

🎯 Affected products67

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • libpng-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • libpng-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • libpng-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libpng-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • libpng-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libpng-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libpng-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libpng-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libpng-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • libpng-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • libpng-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libpng-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • libpng-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • libpng-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • libpng-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libpng-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • libpng-debuginfo-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • libpng-debuginfo-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • libpng-debuginfo-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • libpng-debuginfo-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • libpng-debuginfo-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libpng-debuginfo-2:1.2.49-2.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (5)