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SuSE 11 Security Update : libpng (SAT Patch Number 1039)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41426

Synopsis

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

Description

This update of libpng improves the parsing of 1-bit interlaced images.
This bug could be abused to use 'out-of-bounds pixels' to read memory.
(CVE-2009-2042)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 1039.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514727

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2042.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41426

File Name: suse_11_libpng-devel-090624.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

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: 6/24/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2042

CWE: 200