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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : libpng (MDKSA-2007:217)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 28200
Synopsis
The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in libpng :An off-by-one error when handling ICC profile chunks in the png_set_iCCP() function (CVE-2007-5266; only affects Mandriva Linux 2008.0).
George Cook and Jeff Phillips reported several errors in pngrtran.c, such as the use of logical instead of bitwise functions and incorrect comparisons (CVE-2007-5268; only affects Mandriva Linux 2008.0).
Tavis Ormandy reported out-of-bounds read errors in several PNG chunk handling functions (CVE-2007-5269).
Updated packages have been patched to correct these issues. For Mandriva Linux 2008.0, libpng 1.2.22 is being provided which corrects all three issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 28200
File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2007-217.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks
Published: 11/14/2007
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:mandriva:linux:lib64png-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64png-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64png3, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64png3-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64png3-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpng-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpng-source, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpng-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpng3, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpng3-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpng3-static-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2007