Debian DSA-3546-1 : optipng - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 90453

Synopsis

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

Description

Hans Jerry Illikainen discovered that missing input sanitising in the BMP processing code of the optipng PNG optimiser may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed file is processed.

Solution

Upgrade the optipng packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.4-1+deb7u2. This update also fixes CVE-2015-7801, which was originally targeted for a wheezy point update.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.5-1+deb8u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7801

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/optipng

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/optipng

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3546

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 90453

File Name: debian_DSA-3546.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/13/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:optipng, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2191, CVE-2016-3981, CVE-2016-3982

DSA: 3546