Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.10 / 18.04 LTS : libpng vulnerabilities (USN-3712-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 111040
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Patrick Keshishian discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10087)Thuan Pham discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-13785).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected libpng12-0 and / or libpng16-16 packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 111040
File Name: ubuntu_USN-3712-1.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 7/12/2018
Updated: 9/17/2020
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpng12-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpng16-16, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/30/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-10087, CVE-2018-13785
USN: 3712-1