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RHEL 2.1 / 3 : libpng (RHSA-2004:180)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 12492

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated libpng packages that fix a out of bounds memory access are now available.

The libpng package contains a library of functions for creating and manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files.

Steve Grubb discovered a out of bounds memory access flaw in libpng.
An attacker could carefully craft a PNG file in such a way that it would cause an application linked to libpng to crash when opened by a victim. This issue may not be used to execute arbitrary code.

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages that contain a backported security fix not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-0421

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:180

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 12492

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-180.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: unix

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng10-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0421

BID: 10244

RHSA: 2004:180