Oracle Linux 5 : Moderate: / libpng (ELSA-2007-0356)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67500

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2007-0356 advisory.

libpng-1.2.7-3.el4:

[1.2.7-3.el4]
- Add patch to fix CVE-2006-5793 Resolves: #215405

[1.2.7-2.el4]
- Add patch to fix CVE-2007-2445 Resolves: #239543

libpng10-1.0.16-3:

[1.0.16-3]
- Add patch to fix CVE-2006-5793 Resolves: #215405

[1.0.16-2]
- Add patch to fix CVE-2007-2445 Resolves: #239543

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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

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

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2007-0356.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67500

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0356.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-2445

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2006-5793

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpng, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpng-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5793, CVE-2007-2445

BID: 21078

RHSA: 2007:0356