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openSUSE Security Update : libpng-devel (libpng-devel-66)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40036

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Specially crafted png files could overwrite arbitrary memory.
Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2008-1382).

Solution

Update the affected libpng-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=378634

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40036

File Name: suse_11_0_libpng-devel-080625.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng12-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng12-0-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1382

CWE: 189