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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : libpng vulnerability (USN-472-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 28073

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that libpng did not correctly handle corrupted CRC in grayscale PNG images. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PNG, a remote attacker could cause the application using libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected libpng12-0, libpng12-dev and / or libpng3 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/472-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 28073

File Name: ubuntu_USN-472-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpng12-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpng3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpng12-dev

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2445

USN: 472-1