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Fedora 24 : libpng10 (2016-1a7e14d084)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96350

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes an old NULL pointer dereference bug in png_set_text_2() discovered and patched by Patrick Keshishian (CVE-2016-10087). The potential 'NULL dereference' bug has existed in libpng since version 0.71 of June 26, 1995. To be vulnerable, an application has to load a text chunk into the png structure, then delete all text, then add another text chunk to the same png structure, which seems to be an unlikely sequence, but it has happened.

The update also fixes some documentation typos and an instance of undefined behavior.

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Solution

Update the affected libpng10 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-1a7e14d084

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96350

File Name: fedora_2016-1a7e14d084.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/10/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libpng10, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/30/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10087