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Old 03-16-2010
Ubuntu: 913-1: libpng vulnerabilities

LinuxSecurity.com: It was discovered that libpng did not properly initialize memory whendecoding certain 1-bit interlaced images. If a user or automated systemwere tricked into processing crafted PNG images, an attacker could possiblyuse this flaw to read sensitive information stored in memory. This issueonly affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 8.10 and 9.04. (CVE-2009-2042) [More...]

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MNG(5)								File Formats Manual							    MNG(5)

NAME
mng - Multiple-image Network Graphics (MNG) format DESCRIPTION
MNG (Multiple-image Network Graphics) is the animation extension of the popular PNG image-format. PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is an extensible file format for the lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images. MNG has advanced animation features which make it very useful as a full replacement for GIF animations. These features allow animations that are impossible with GIF or result in much smaller files as GIF. As MNG builds on the same structure as PNG, it is robust, extensible and free of patents. It retains the same clever file integrity checks as in PNG. MNG also embraces the lossy JPEG image-format in a sub-format named JNG, which allows for alpha-transparency and color-correction on highly compressed (photographic) images. SEE ALSO
png(5), jng(5), libmng(3), libpng(3), zlib(3), deflate(5) ", " zlib(5) ", " jpeg(5) MNG 1.00, Februari 9, 2001: http://www.libpng.org/pub/mng AUTHORS
This man page: Gerard Juyn Multiple-image Network Graphics (MNG) Specification Version 1.00 (Februari 9, 2001): Glenn Randers-Pehrson and others (png- list@ccrc.wustl.edu). COPYRIGHT NOTICE
The MNG-1.00 specification is copyright (c) 1998-2001 Glenn Randers-Pehrson. See the specification for conditions of use and distribution. July 25, 2000 MNG(5)