Bug 5619

Summary:	[SECURITY] libpng
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Christian - Manny Calavera - Neumair <christian-neumair>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) <seemant>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	major	CC:	gabriele_giorgetti, vapier
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://lwn.net/Articles/5875/
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Christian - Manny Calavera - Neumair 2002-07-26 14:58:18 UTC

All versions prior to 1.2.4 should be masked.
See URL.

see you,
- Manny -

Comment 1 Maik Schreiber 2002-07-26 15:17:49 UTC

Uhm, exactly *why* should those be masked?

Comment 2 Christian - Manny Calavera - Neumair 2002-07-27 01:33:38 UTC

I've seen other packages masked due to security flaws
Have you read through the url?

see you,
- Manny -

Comment 3 Gabriele Giorgetti 2002-07-28 13:52:50 UTC

Seemant what do you think about this one ?

Comment 4 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-07-29 11:44:47 UTC

Um, in the official portage tree, there ARE no versions prior to the safe ones.
 This security bulletin is hence a moot point.  However, I will send out a
security announcement informing users that if they have versions prior to what
is current in portage installed, then they _need_ to upgrade.