Oracle Linux 5 : Moderate: / libpng (ELSA-2007-0992)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67594

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2007-0992 advisory.

[1.2.7-3.el4_5.1]
- Back-port critical fixes from libpng 1.2.22, primarily to fix CVE-2007-5269 Resolves: #337501
- Update License tag and some other obsolete bits in specfile

[1.0.16-3.el4_5.1]
- Back-port critical fixes from libpng 1.0.30, primarily to fix CVE-2007-5269 Resolves: #337561

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libpng and / or libpng-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67594

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0992.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-5269

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpng, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpng-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5269

BID: 25956

RHSA: 2007:0992

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