Debian issues security update fixing buffer overflow in eog image viewer
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What happened
Debian has published advisory DSA-6601-1 for eog (Eye of GNOME), the GNOME image viewer. A buffer overflow triggered by opening a malformed PNG file could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution. Debian has released a security update for the package.
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What to do
- Install the Debian security update for the eog package.
- Avoid opening PNG files from untrusted sources until the update is applied.
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Debian Security Advisories