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Gentoo Security Update Fixes Pngcrush Code Execution Vulnerability

Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes Pngcrush Code Execution Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-1487
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1382
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-05-13

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Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Gentoo, which could be exploited by attackers to gain knowlkedge of sensitive information, cause a denial of service or compromise an affected system. This issue is caused by an error in Pngcrush. For additional information, see : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-1225

ChangeLog

2008-05-13 : Initial release

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