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Fedora 8 : libpng10-1.0.37-1.fc8 (2008-3937)
high Nessus Plugin ID 32459
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This update fixes the way that libpng10 handles unknown zero-length chunks, which in previous versions could result in writing to attacker controlled addresses, depending on how the libpng api is used. To be affected, an application would have to call png_set_keep_unknown_chunks(), which tells libpng not to ignore unknown chunks, but to do something with them. The PNG spec allows for 'unknown' chunks, which are ignored by default, but an application could in theory embed some sort of extra data in a png image, then later get it back out via this mechanism. No packages in Fedora are believed to be affected by this issue, but it's possible that third-party applications could be.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected libpng10 package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 32459
File Name: fedora_2008-3937.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 5/29/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libpng10, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1382
BID: 28770