Debian Security Advisory
DLA-2257-1 pngquant -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 28 Jun 2020
- Affected Packages:
- pngquant
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-5735.
- More information:
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It was found that pngquant, a PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image optimising utility, is susceptible to a buffer overflow write issue triggered by a maliciously crafted png image, which could lead into denial of service or other issues.
For Debian 8
Jessie
, this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.0-1+deb8u1.We recommend that you upgrade your pngquant packages.
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