Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-6603 (libpng)

Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libpng announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-6603.
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates. This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update libpng' at the command line. For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-6603
Insight
The libpng package contains a library of functions for creating and manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files. PNG is a bit-mapped graphics format similar to the GIF format. PNG was created to replace the GIF format, since GIF uses a patented data compression algorithm. Libpng should be installed if you need to manipulate PNG format image files. Update Information: Update to libpng 1.2.37, to fix CVE-2009-2042. This is a pretty low-risk issue, but it's been classified as a security issue... ChangeLog: * Sat Jun 13 2009 Tom Lane 2:1.2.37-1 - Update to libpng 1.2.37, to fix CVE-2009-2042 Related: #504782
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