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Fedora 21 : libpng10-1.0.63-1.fc21 (2015-2863)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 81712
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This update addresses a couple of buffer overflows that might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via very wide PNG images.Note 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 libpng10 package.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177327
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 81712
File Name: fedora_2015-2863.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 3/10/2015
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libpng10, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-9495, CVE-2015-0973
FEDORA: 2015-2863