Debian DSA-2032-1 : libpng - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 45480

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in libpng, a library for reading and writing PNG files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2009-2042 libpng does not properly parse 1-bit interlaced images with width values that are not divisible by 8, which causes libpng to include uninitialized bits in certain rows of a PNG file and might allow remote attackers to read portions of sensitive memory via 'out-of-bounds pixels' in the file.

- CVE-2010-0205 libpng does not properly handle compressed ancillary-chunk data that has a disproportionately large uncompressed representation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption, and application hang) via a crafted PNG file

Solution

Upgrade the libpng package.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.27-2+lenny3.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 45480

File Name: debian_DSA-2032.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/12/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpng, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2042, CVE-2010-0205

BID: 35233, 38478

CWE: 200, 399

DSA: 2032

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