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Debian DSA-536-1 : libpng - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15373

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Chris Evans discovered several vulnerabilities in libpng :

 - CAN-2004-0597 Multiple buffer overflows exist, including when handling transparency chunk data, which could be exploited to cause arbitrary code to be executed when a specially crafted PNG image is processed

 - CAN-2004-0598

 Multiple NULL pointer dereferences in png_handle_iCPP() and elsewhere could be exploited to cause an application to crash when a specially crafted PNG image is processed

 - CAN-2004-0599

 Multiple integer overflows in the png_handle_sPLT(), png_read_png() functions and elsewhere could be exploited to cause an application to crash, or potentially arbitrary code to be executed, when a specially crafted PNG image is processed

 In addition, a bug related to CAN-2002-1363 was fixed :

 - CAN-2004-0768

 A buffer overflow could be caused by incorrect calculation of buffer offsets, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody), these problems have been fixed in libpng3 version 1.2.1-1.1.woody.7 and libpng version 1.0.12-3.woody.7.

We recommend that you update your libpng and libpng3 packages.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-536

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15373

File Name: debian_DSA-536.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpng

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/4/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0597, CVE-2004-0598, CVE-2004-0599, CVE-2004-0768

CERT: 160448, 236656, 286464, 388984, 477512, 817368

DSA: 536