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SuSE9 Security Update : libpng (YOU Patch Number 11956)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41164

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Specially crafted PNG files could crash applications while attempting to process the file by exploiting out-of-bounds read operations. This can be abused for local and remote denial of service attacks. The issue has been tracked by CVE-2007-5269.

Solution

Apply YOU patch number 11956.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5269.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41164

File Name: suse9_11956.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5269

CWE: 20