FreeBSD : png -- heap overflow for 32-bit builds (c564f9bd-8ba7-11e4-801f-0022156e8794)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80352

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

32-bit builds of PNG library are vulnerable to an unsigned integer overflow that is triggered by a crafted wide interlaced images.
Overflow results in a heap corruption that will crash the application and may lead to the controlled overwrite of a selected portions of process address space.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://tfpwn.com/files/libpng_heap_overflow_1.6.15.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?6b06e7d5

http://www.nessus.org/u?814f6f61

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80352

File Name: freebsd_pkg_c564f9bd8ba711e4801f0022156e8794.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 1/5/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:png, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/23/2014