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GLSA-200603-18 : Pngcrush: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21125

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200603-18 (Pngcrush: Buffer overflow)

 Carsten Lohrke of Gentoo Linux reported that Pngcrush contains a vulnerable version of zlib (GLSA 200507-19).
 Impact :

 By creating a specially crafted data stream, attackers can overwrite data structures for applications that use Pngcrush, resulting in a Denial of Service and potentially arbitrary code execution.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Pngcrush users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-gfx/pngcrush-1.6.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200507-19

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200603-18

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21125

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200603-18.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 3/23/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pngcrush

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1849

GLSA: 200603-18