Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200407-06.
Solution
All libpng users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=media-libs/libpng-1.2.5-r7'
# emerge '>=media-libs/libpng-1.2.5-r7'
You should also run revdep-rebuild to rebuild any packages that depend on older versions of libpng :
# revdep-rebuild
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200407-06 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56307
Insight
libpng contains a buffer overflow vulnerability potentially allowing an attacker to perform a Denial of Service attack or even execute arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2002-1363 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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