libpng denial of service vulnerability

Overview

The libpng library contains a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Description

The libpng library can be used to allow other applications to render PNG images.

The libpng library contains a denial-of-service vulnerability.

From the Libpng-1.2.16-ADVISORY:
This vulnerability could be used to crash a browser when a user tries to view such a malformed PNG file. It is not known whether the vulnerability could be exploited otherwise.

The reason is that png_ptr->num_trans is set to 1 and then there is an error return after checking the CRC, so the trans[ ] array is never allocated. Since png_ptr->num_trans is nonzero, libpng tries to use the array later.

An attacker may be able to exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to open a specially crafted PNG image. The malicious image may be hosted on a website, or sent as an email attachment.

Impact

A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to create a denial-of-service condition.

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Solution

Upgrade
The libpng team has released a patch for libpng 1.0.25 and 1.2.17 to address this vulnerability. Administrators are encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible. Administrators who receive the libpng library from their operating system vendor should see the systems affected portion of this document for a list of affected vendors.

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Vendor Information

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Debian GNU/Linux __ Affected

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: June 08, 2007

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

See <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=424729&gt; for more details.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23684664 Feedback>).

Gentoo Linux __ Affected

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: June 08, 2007

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

See <http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-24.xml&gt; for more details.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23684664 Feedback>).

Mandriva, Inc. Affected

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: June 08, 2007

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Red Hat, Inc. __ Affected

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 18, 2007

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

See <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0356.html&gt; for more detais.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23684664 Feedback>).

SUSE Linux __ Affected

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: July 13, 2007

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have released fixed packages for this problem and issued a notice in <http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html&gt;

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. __ Affected

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: August 22, 2007

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

Sun can confirm that Solaris 8, 9, and 10 are affected by the issue described in CERT advisory VU#684664

Sun has published Sun Alert 102987 which includes details of the Solaris specific impact, contributing factors, workaround options and resolution information, and is available here:

<http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102987-1&gt;

The Sun Alert will be kept up to date regarding progress on this issue.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Ubuntu Affected

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: June 13, 2007

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

libpng __ Affected

Notified: May 07, 2007 Updated: May 16, 2007

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

A grayscale PNG image with a malformed (bad CRC) tRNS chunk will crash some libpng applications.

This vulnerability could be used to crash a browser when a user tries to view such a malformed PNG file. It is not known whether the vulnerability could be exploited otherwise.

The reason is that png_ptr->num_trans is set to 1 and then there is an error return after checking the CRC, so the trans[] array is never allocated. Since png_ptr->num_trans is nonzero, libpng tries to use the array later.

This bug was first introduced in libpng version 0.90, in 1996. All versions from libpng-0.90 through libpng-1.2.16 are vulnerable.

Here is the fix, thanks to Mats Palmgren:

-– pngrutil.c_1.2.16 2007-05-11 23:11:55.395466000 -0500
+++ pngrutil.c 2007-05-14 04:37:32.101297000 -0500
@@ -1314,7 +1314,10 @@
}

if (png_crc_finish(png_ptr, 0))
+ {
+ png_ptr->num_trans = 0;
return;
+ }

png_set_tRNS(png_ptr, info_ptr, readbuf, png_ptr->num_trans,
&(png_ptr->trans_values));

This patch can be applied to any vulnerable version of libpng.

Libpng version 1.0.25 and 1.2.17, which are being released concurrently
with this advisory, have been patched.

This vulnerability has been assigned the identifiers
CVE-2007-2445 and CERT VU#684664.

Glenn Randers-Pehrson
PNG Development Group

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

See <http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/l/li/libpng/libpng-1.2.17-ADVISORY.txt&gt; for more details.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23684664 Feedback>).

Apple Computer, Inc. Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Conectiva Inc. Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Cray Inc. Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

EMC, Inc. (formerly Data General Corporation) Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Engarde Secure Linux Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

F5 Networks, Inc. Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Fedora Project Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

FreeBSD, Inc. Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Fujitsu Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Hitachi Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

IBM Corporation Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

IBM Corporation (zseries) Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

IBM eServer __ Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 23, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

For information related to this and other published CERT Advisories that may relate to the IBM eServer Platforms (xSeries, iSeries, pSeries, and zSeries) please go to

https://app-06.www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/lib03020.nsf/pages/securityalerts?OpenDocument&pathID=

In order to access this information you will require a Resource Link ID. To subscribe to Resource Link go to <http://app-06.www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink&gt; and follow the steps for registration.

All questions should be referred to [email protected].

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Immunix Communications, Inc. Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Ingrian Networks, Inc. Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Juniper Networks, Inc. Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Microsoft Corporation Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

MontaVista Software, Inc. Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Mozilla Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

NEC Corporation Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

NetBSD Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Nokia Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Novell, Inc. Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

OpenBSD Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Openwall GNU/*/Linux Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

QNX, Software Systems, Inc. Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Silicon Graphics, Inc. Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Slackware Linux Inc. Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Sony Corporation Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

The SCO Group Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Trustix Secure Linux Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Turbolinux Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Unisys Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Wind River Systems, Inc. Unknown

Notified: May 08, 2007 Updated: May 08, 2007

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

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CVSS Metrics

Group	Score	Vector
Base	0	AV:–/AC:–/Au:–/C:–/I:–/A:–
Temporal	0	E:ND/RL:ND/RC:ND
Environmental	0	CDP:ND/TD:ND/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

• <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5624&gt;
• <http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/l/li/libpng/libpng-1.2.17-ADVISORY.txt&gt;
• <http://secunia.com/advisories/25292/&gt;
• <http://secunia.com/advisories/25353/&gt;
• <http://secunia.com/advisories/25742/&gt;

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the libpng team for information that was used in this report.

This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2007-2445
Severity Metric:	3.86 Date Public: