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Oracle Linux 7 : libpng (ELSA-2020-3901)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 141238

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-3901 advisory.

 - libpng before 1.6.32 does not properly check the length of chunks against the user limit. (CVE-2017-12652)

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

Solution

Update the affected libpng, libpng-devel and / or libpng-static packages.

See Also

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-3901.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 141238

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-3901.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/7/2020

Updated: 10/9/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12652

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:oracle:linux:libpng-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpng-static, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpng

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12652

BID: 109269