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FreeBSD : png -- multiple vulnerabilities (172acf78-780c-11dc-b3f4-0016179b2dd5)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 26977
Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.Description
A Secunia Advisory reports :Some vulnerabilities have been reported in libpng, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
Certain errors within libpng, including a logical NOT instead of a bitwise NOT in pngtrtran.c, an error in the 16bit cheap transparency extension, and an incorrect use of sizeof() may be exploited to crash an application using the library.
Various out-of-bounds read errors exist within the functions png_handle_pCAL(), png_handle_sCAL(), png_push_read_tEXt(), png_handle_iTXt(), and png_handle_ztXt(), which may be exploited by exploited to crash an application using the library.
The vulnerability is caused due to an off-by-one error within the ICC profile chunk handling, which potentially can be exploited to crash an application using the library.
Solution
Update the affected package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 26977
File Name: freebsd_pkg_172acf78780c11dcb3f40016179b2dd5.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 10/12/2007
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
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: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:png, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-5266, CVE-2007-5267, CVE-2007-5268, CVE-2007-5269