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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.
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Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 15373
File Name: debian_DSA-536.nasl
Version: 1.25
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 9/29/2004
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless 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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpng, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0
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