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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-960-1)

🗓️ 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType 
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The 'libpng' package on Ubuntu is missing a security update (USN-960-1) due to handling certain malformed PNG images, potentially leading to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840456");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-1205", "CVE-2010-2249");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-07-12 09:56:20 +0000 (Mon, 12 Jul 2010)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:04 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  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_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2010-07-01 14:09:00 +0000 (Thu, 01 Jul 2010)");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-960-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(10\.04\ LTS|6\.06\ LTS|8\.04\ LTS|9\.04|9\.10)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-960-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-960-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'libpng' package(s) announced via the USN-960-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that libpng did not properly handle certain malformed PNG
images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted
PNG file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2010-1205)

It was discovered that libpng did not properly handle certain malformed PNG
images. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
crafted PNG image, an attacker could possibly use this flaw to consume all
available resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2010-2249)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libpng' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 9.04, Ubuntu 9.10, Ubuntu 10.04.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "UBUNTU10.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libpng12-0", ver:"1.2.42-1ubuntu2.1", rls:"UBUNTU10.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU6.06 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libpng12-0", ver:"1.2.8rel-5ubuntu0.6", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU8.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libpng12-0", ver:"1.2.15~beta5-3ubuntu0.3", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU9.04") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libpng12-0", ver:"1.2.27-2ubuntu2.2", rls:"UBUNTU9.04"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU9.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libpng12-0", ver:"1.2.37-1ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU9.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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