Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200407-06 (libpng) describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in libpng, allowing for a Denial of Service attack or arbitrary code execution. Users are advised to upgrade to the latest stable version and rebuild any dependent packages
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 44 |
---|---|---|---|---|
RedHat Linux | (RHSA-2003:007) libpng security update | 6 Feb 200300:00 | – | redhat |
RedHat Linux | (RHSA-2004:249) libpng security update | 18 Jun 200400:00 | – | redhat |
RedHat Linux | (RHSA-2004:402) libpng security update | 4 Aug 200400:00 | – | redhat |
OpenVAS | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200407-06 (libpng) | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Debian Security Advisory DSA 213-1 (libpng, libpng3) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Debian Security Advisory DSA 213-1 (libpng, libpng3) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Debian Security Advisory DSA 536-1 (libpng) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Debian Security Advisory DSA 536-1 (libpng) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
Tenable Nessus | GLSA-200407-06 : libpng: Buffer overflow on row buffers | 30 Aug 200400:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : libpng (MDKSA-2004:063) | 31 Jul 200400:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
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securityspace | www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html |
securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/6431 |
bugs | www.bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54613");
script_version("2023-07-18T05:05:36+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-18 05:05:36 +0000 (Tue, 18 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2002-1363");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200407-06 (libpng)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"libpng contains a buffer overflow vulnerability potentially allowing an
attacker to perform a Denial of Service attack or even execute arbitrary
code.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"All libpng users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=media-libs/libpng-1.2.5-r7'
# emerge '>=media-libs/libpng-1.2.5-r7'
You should also run revdep-rebuild to rebuild any packages that depend on
older versions of libpng :
# revdep-rebuild");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200407-06");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6431");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56307");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200407-06.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"media-libs/libpng", unaffected: make_list("ge 1.2.5-r7"), vulnerable: make_list("le 1.2.5-r6"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
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