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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 / 11.10 : libpng vulnerability (USN-1417-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58617

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

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Solution

Update the affected libpng12-0 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1417-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58617

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1417-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/6/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpng12-0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3048

BID: 52830

USN: 1417-1