CentOS 4 / 5 / 6 : libpng / libpng10 (CESA-2012:0317)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58042

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libpng and libpng10 packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The libpng packages contain a library of functions for creating and manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in libpng. An attacker could create a specially crafted PNG image that, when opened, could cause an application using libpng to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2011-3026)

Users of libpng and libpng10 should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. All running applications using libpng or libpng10 must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected libpng and / or libpng10 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58042

File Name: centos_RHSA-2012-0317.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 2/21/2012

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3026

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libpng-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libpng10-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libpng10, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libpng, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libpng-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3026

RHSA: 2012:0317

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