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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libpng (MDVSA-2009:051)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 36671
Synopsis
The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
A number of vulnerabilities have been found and corrected in libpng :Fixed 1-byte buffer overflow in pngpread.c (CVE-2008-3964). This was allready fixed in Mandriva Linux 2009.0.
Fix the function png_check_keyword() that allowed setting arbitrary bytes in the process memory to 0 (CVE-2008-5907).
Fix a potential DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise an application using the library (CVE-2009-0040).
The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.
Solution
Update the affected packages.Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 36671
File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2009-051.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks
Published: 4/23/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:libpng-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpng-source, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpng-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpng3, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/23/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-3964, CVE-2008-5907, CVE-2009-0040
BID: 33827