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RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 / 5 : libpng (RHSA-2007:0356)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25269

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libpng packages that fix security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The libpng package contains a library of functions for creating and manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files.

A flaw was found in the handling of malformed images in libpng. An attacker could create a carefully crafted PNG image file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with libpng to crash when the file was manipulated. (CVE-2007-2445)

A flaw was found in the sPLT chunk handling code in libpng. An attacker could create a carefully crafted PNG image file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with libpng to crash when the file was opened. (CVE-2006-5793)

Users of libpng should update to these updated packages which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Red Hat would like to thank Glenn Randers-Pehrson, Mats Palmgren, and Tavis Ormandy for supplying details and patches for these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-5793

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-2445

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0356

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25269

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0356.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/20/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpng10-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5793, CVE-2007-2445

BID: 21078

RHSA: 2007:0356