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RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 / 5 : libpng (RHSA-2007:0992)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27571

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated libpng packages that fix security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The libpng package contains a library of functions for creating and manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files.

Several flaws were discovered in the way libpng handled various PNG image chunks. An attacker could create a carefully crafted PNG image file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with libpng to crash when the file was manipulated. (CVE-2007-5269)

Users should update to these updated packages which contain a backported patch to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-5269

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0992

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27571

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0992.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/25/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng10-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng10

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: 10/23/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5269

BID: 25956

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2007:0992