oss-security - Re: [oCERT-2009-009] CamlImages integer overflows

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Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:14:01 +0100
From: Andrea Barisani <lcars@...rt.org>
To: Robert Buchholz <rbu@...too.org>
Cc: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [oCERT-2009-009] CamlImages integer overflows

On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 12:39:09PM +0200, Robert Buchholz wrote:
> On Thursday 02 July 2009, Andrea Barisani wrote:
> > Unfortunately oCERT has been unable to get feedback from CamlImages
> > maintainers and the package seems unmaintained, it's therefore
> > suggested to avoid CamlImages usage on production or any environment
> > where strong security is needed.
> 
> Richard Jones of RedHat contributed a patch and upstream is stated plans 
> to review and incorporate it:
> http://www.nabble.com/Camlimages-integer-overflows-with-PNG-images-td24321780.html
>

That's great, I'll update the advisory.

Thanks

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