Synopsis :

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description :

New libpng packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and
-current to fix an issue where libpng could be caused to crash,
perhaps creating a denial of service issue if network services are
linked with it.

See also :

http://www.nessus.org/u?6199cb7f

Solution :

Update the affected libpng package.

Risk factor :

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 5.0
(CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)