GLSA-202511-06 : libpng: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 276918

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202511-06 (libpng: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

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

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

Solution

All libpng users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=media-libs/libpng-1.6.51

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202511-06

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=966340

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 276918

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202511-06.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/26/2025

Updated: 11/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-64720

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-65018

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libpng, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/26/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-64505, CVE-2025-64506, CVE-2025-64720, CVE-2025-65018