[Png-mng-security] libpng-1.0.21rc1, 1.2.13rc1, and 1.4.0beta13
Dimitri
dimitri at trolltech.com
Sat Nov 11 11:32:53 UTC 2006
Hi,
> They contain fixes for the two just-mentioned vulnerabilities.
> Please review and test, but don't advertize or redistribute them.
About the following change in pngconf.h:
# if defined(XP_MACOSX) && !defined(PNG_NO_MMX_CODE)
/* work around Intel-Mac compiler bug */
# define PNG_NO_MMX_CODE
# endif
I wasn't aware of this issue and the only reference I was able to find
using is:
http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/realbasic-plugins/2006-10/msg00037.html
http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/realbasic-plugins/2006-10/msg00044.html
The second message seems to imply that disabling MMX is not a solution:
pnggccrd.c despite it's name, does not get along with Apple's
GCC4, even when ASM and MMX are disabled (i.e., the "optimized"
C path crashes too).
So does PNG_NO_MMX_CODE fix the problem or not? If not, maybe this
change shouldn't go into 1.2.13?
--
Dimitri
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