Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 846783
syslinux-4.05-1.fc17 contains embedded copies of libpng, libgcc, and zlib libraries
Last modified: 2013-08-01 05:00:51 EDT
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #846778 +++ Description of problem: syslinux-4.05-1.fc17 as shipped with Fedora release of 17 contains own / embedded copies of libpng, libgcc and zlib libraries. All of these libraries have their system equivalents. It is not a good practice to embed hard coded library version copy into additional source, since once security issue is found (like for example CVE-2010-0205, CVE-2010-1205 for libpng were to mention some), the package embedding vulnerable library copy would need to be updated too. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): syslinux-4.05-1.fc17 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Look into BUILD/syslinux-4.05/com32/lib or check: # rpm -q --requires syslinux output. Actual results: libpng.so isn't listed in rpm output Expected results: libpng.so should be listed in requirements (IOW syslinux should use system version of the libpng, libgcc, and zlib libraries instead of the embedded copies)
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