Detections
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Fedora 9 : libpng-1.2.29-1.fc9 (2008-4910)
high Nessus Plugin ID 33081
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Update to new upstream version 1.2.29. Among other bug fixes, this introduces a minor security fix in the handling of unknown chunks - CVE-2008-1382: http://libpng.sourceforge.net/Advisory-1.2.26.txt http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-003.htmlNote that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected libpng package.See Also
https://libpng.sourceforge.io/Advisory-1.2.26.txt
http://ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-003.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 33081
File Name: fedora_2008-4910.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 6/4/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libpng, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1382
BID: 28770