RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : libpng (RHSA-2010:0534)

high Nessus Plugin ID 47876

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libpng and libpng10 packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

The libpng packages contain a library of functions for creating and manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files.

A memory corruption flaw was found in the way applications, using the libpng library and its progressive reading method, decoded certain PNG images. An attacker could create a specially crafted PNG image that, when opened, could cause an application using libpng to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2010-1205)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way applications using the libpng library decoded PNG images that have certain, highly compressed ancillary chunks. An attacker could create a specially crafted PNG image that could cause an application using libpng to consume excessive amounts of memory and CPU time, and possibly crash.
(CVE-2010-0205)

A memory leak flaw was found in the way applications using the libpng library decoded PNG images that use the Physical Scale (sCAL) extension. An attacker could create a specially crafted PNG image that could cause an application using libpng to exhaust all available memory and possibly crash or exit. (CVE-2010-2249)

A sensitive information disclosure flaw was found in the way applications using the libpng library processed 1-bit interlaced PNG images. An attacker could create a specially crafted PNG image that could cause an application using libpng to disclose uninitialized memory. (CVE-2009-2042)

Users of libpng and libpng10 should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. All running applications using libpng or libpng10 must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-2042

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-0205

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-1205

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-2249

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0534

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 47876

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0534.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/28/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng10-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2042, CVE-2010-0205, CVE-2010-1205, CVE-2010-2249

BID: 35233, 38478, 41174

CWE: 200, 399

RHSA: 2010:0534