An issue has been found in libpng 1.6.34. It is a SEGV in the function png_free_data in png.c, related to the recommended error handling for png_read_image.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An issue has been found in libpng 1.6.34. It is a SEGV in the function png_free_data in png.c, related to     the recommended error handling for png_read_image. (CVE-2018-14048)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

An update of the syslinux package has been released.

An update of the libpng package has been released.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5432-2 advisory.

    USN-5432-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libpng. This update provides the corresponding updates for libpng1.6.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5432-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled memory when parsing certain PNG files. If a user or     automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PNG file, an attacker could use this issue     to cause libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possible execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2017-12652)

    Zhengxiong Luo discovered that libpng incorrectly handled memory when parsing certain PNG files. If a user     or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PNG file, an attacker could use this     issue to cause libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possible execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2018-14048)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the openjdk11 package has been released.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201908-02 (libpng: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libpng. Please review       the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted PNG       file, could cause a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

New libpng packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
258271	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-14048	Nessus	Misc.	medium
204258	Photon OS 5.0: Syslinux PHSA-2023-5.0-0033	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
204103	Photon OS 3.0: Syslinux PHSA-2023-3.0-0602	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
203750	Photon OS 3.0: Libpng PHSA-2023-3.0-0655	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
203638	Photon OS 4.0: Syslinux PHSA-2023-4.0-0415	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
183574	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : libpng vulnerabilities (USN-5432-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
161447	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : libpng vulnerabilities (USN-5432-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
136109	Photon OS 1.0: Openjdk11 PHSA-2020-1.0-0290	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
136100	Photon OS 3.0: Openjdk11 PHSA-2020-3.0-0084	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
127560	GLSA-201908-02 : libpng: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
124140	Slackware 14.2 / current : libpng (SSA:2019-107-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	high

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