Debian DLA-343-1 : libpng security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 86907

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

- CVE-2015-7981 Added a safety check in png_set_tIME() (Bug report from Qixue Xiao).

- CVE-2015-8126 Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) png_set_PLTE and (2) png_get_PLTE functions in libpng before 1.0.64, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.54, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.17, 1.5.x before 1.5.24, and 1.6.x before 1.6.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image.

- CVE-2012-3425 vulnerable code is not present here

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86907

File Name: debian_DLA-343.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/18/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpng12-0-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpng12-0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpng12-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpng3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3425, CVE-2015-7981, CVE-2015-8126

BID: 54652

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