openSUSE 10 Security Update : libpng (libpng-5944)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35553

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of libpng fixes the function png_check_keyword() that allowed setting arbitrary bytes in the process memory to 0.
(CVE-2008-5907)

Solution

Update the affected libpng packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35553

File Name: suse_libpng-5944.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/29/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng-devel-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5907

Detections

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