openSUSE 10 Security Update : libpng (libpng-6001)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35733

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A allocation mistake in libpng's pngread.c has been fixed.
CVE-2009-0040 has been assigned to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected libpng packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35733

File Name: suse_libpng-6001.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2009

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: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

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: 2/17/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0040

CWE: 94