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openSUSE Security Update : libpng-devel (libpng-devel-528)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 40264

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-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472745

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 40264

File Name: suse_11_1_libpng-devel-090217.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

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:libpng12-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng12-0-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1

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