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Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.2 / 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : libpng (SSA:2009-170-01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 39472

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New libpng packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Jeff Phillips discovered an uninitialized-memory-read bug affecting interlaced images that may have security implications.

Solution

Update the affected libpng package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8bfa2e99

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 39472

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2009-170-01.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 6/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:libpng, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.2, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:12.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:12.2, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:8.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2042

BID: 35233

CWE: 200

SSA: 2009-170-01