GLSA-201701-74 : libpng: Remote execution of arbitrary code

high Nessus Plugin ID 96860

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-74 (libpng: Remote execution of arbitrary code)

A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in libpng in the png_push_save_buffer function. In order 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 is possible.
Impact :

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted PNG file, could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All libpng 1.6.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/libpng-1.6.27' All libpng 1.5.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/libpng-1.5.28:1.5' All libpng 1.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/libpng-1.2.57:1.2'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96860

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201701-74.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 1/30/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:libpng, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10087

GLSA: 201701-74

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