Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200705-24.
Solution
Please note that due to separate bugs in libpng 1.2.17, Gentoo does not provide libpng-1.2.17 but libpng-1.2.18. All libpng users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/libpng-1.2.18'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200705-24 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=178004
Insight
A vulnerability in libpng may allow a remote attacker to crash applications that handle untrusted images.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-2445 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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