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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libpng (MDVSA-2014:035)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72550

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libpng and libpng12 packages fix security vulnerability :

The png_do_expand_palette function in libpng before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a PLTE chunk of zero bytes or a NULL palette, related to pngrtran.c and pngset.c (CVE-2013-6954).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0075.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72550

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-035.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 2/18/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64png-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64png12-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64png12_0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64png15_15, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6954

BID: 64493

MDVSA: 2014:035