Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200408-03.
Solution
All libpng users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=media-libs/libpng-1.2.5-r8'
# emerge '>=media-libs/libpng-1.2.5-r8'
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%20200408-03 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59424
Insight
libpng contains numerous vulnerabilities potentially allowing an attacker to perform a Denial of Service attack or even execute arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0597, CVE-2004-0598, CVE-2004-0599 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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