A global buffer overflow was discovered in pngcheck function in pngcheck-2.4.0(5 patches applied) via a crafted png file.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6182-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that pngcheck incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were     tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to     cause a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3238 advisory.

  - A global buffer overflow was discovered in pngcheck function in pngcheck-2.4.0(5 patches applied) via a     crafted png file. (CVE-2020-35511)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5300 advisory.

  - A global buffer overflow was discovered in pngcheck function in pngcheck-2.4.0(5 patches applied) via a     crafted png file. (CVE-2020-35511)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:10142-1 advisory.

  - A global buffer overflow was discovered in pngcheck function in pngcheck-2.4.0(5 patches applied) via a     crafted png file. (CVE-2020-35511)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
177471	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : pngcheck vulnerabilities (USN-6182-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
168705	Debian DLA-3238-1 : pngcheck - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
168643	Debian DSA-5300-1 : pngcheck - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
165922	openSUSE 15 Security Update : pngcheck (openSUSE-SU-2022:10142-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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