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SuSE 11 Security Update : libpng (SAT Patch Number 638)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41425

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A allocation mistake in libpng's pngread.c has been fixed.
(CVE-2009-0040)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 638.

See Also

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

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0040.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41425

File Name: suse_11_libpng-090317.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, 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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libpng-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libpng12-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libpng12-0-32bit

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0040

CWE: 94