RHEL 2.1 : libpng (RHSA-2003:007)

high Nessus Plugin ID 12348

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libpng packages are available which fix a buffer overflow vulnerability.

[Updated 06 Feb 2003] Added fixed packages for Advanced Workstation 2.1

The libpng package contains a library of functions for creating and manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files. PNG is a bit-mapped graphics format similar to the GIF format.

Unpatched versions of libpng 1.2.1 and earlier do not correctly calculate offsets, which leads to a buffer overflow and the possibility of arbitrary code execution. This could be exploited by an attacker creating a carefully crafted PNG file which could execute arbitrary code when the victim views it.

Packages within Red Hat Linux Advanced Server, such as Mozilla, make use of the shared libpng library. All users are advised to upgrade to the errata packages, which contain libpng 1.0.14 with a backported patch that corrects this issue.

Solution

Update the affected libpng and / or libpng-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12348

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2003-007.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/26/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1363

RHSA: 2003:007

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