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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : libpng vulnerabilities (USN-2861-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87774

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain small bit-depth values. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-8472)

Qixue Xiao and Chen Yu discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8540).

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2861-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87774

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2861-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/7/2016

Updated: 10/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8540

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpng12-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpng12-0-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpng12-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpng3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8472, CVE-2015-8540

USN: 2861-1