RHEL 6 : libpng (RHSA-2011:1105)

high Nessus Plugin ID 55727

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libpng.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1105 advisory.

- libpng: regression of CVE-2004-0421 in 1.2.23+ (CVE-2011-2501)

- libpng: buffer overwrite in png_rgb_to_gray (CVE-2011-2690)

- libpng: Invalid read when handling empty sCAL chunks (CVE-2011-2692)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL libpng package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:1105.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 55727

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1105.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/29/2011

Updated: 4/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2692

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng-static, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2501, CVE-2011-2690, CVE-2011-2692

BID: 48474, 48660

RHSA: 2011:1105

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