8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.3 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.022 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.5%
New libpng packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1,
and -current to fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
Fixed an out-of-range read in png_check_keyword(). Thanks to Qixue Xiao.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2015-8540
(* Security fix *)
Where to find the new packages:
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the “Get Slack” section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/libpng-1.2.56-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/libpng-1.2.56-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libpng-1.6.20-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libpng-1.6.20-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
Slackware 13.0 package:
ed8ceb0c437b320bd91160587d92e004 libpng-1.2.56-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
30d8afb4ff38857e10aa18d8514d5b1e libpng-1.2.56-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package:
d117a60493f015ad58a3280168be17be libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
2803303bce5b00528656f01f4ee96f8d libpng-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package:
dea5d9bd54fb0ff4106e4ce9ae97b19d libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
d24fc053824fe8927590cec52cc8613d libpng-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package:
02ffbe6f6d3d7d95fc13448e50e19f98 libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
7d97fb73c97a9d06f3c379fe9e9ba689 libpng-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
d8c14f7ac31bf20da7b5595f3d0aabe5 libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
f9ba7be319844c661e43bea5eb878b7a libpng-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package:
6f2e6e7f5f8c3760a372cc9ae3130060 l/libpng-1.6.20-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
8be8af75ec81e9463adf345c0bf48432 l/libpng-1.6.20-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.3 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.022 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.5%