USN-1402-1Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | libpng vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
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| Name | USN-1402-1 | First vendor Publication | 2012-03-22 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2012-03-22 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 6.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentification | None Required |
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Detail
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Summary: libpng could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - libpng: PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file library Details: It was discovered that libpng did not properly process compressed chunks. 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. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: libpng12-0 1.2.46-3ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 11.04: libpng12-0 1.2.44-1ubuntu3.3 Ubuntu 10.10: libpng12-0 1.2.44-1ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libpng12-0 1.2.42-1ubuntu2.4 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-3ubuntu0.6 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1402-1 CVE-2011-3045 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpng/1.2.46-3ubuntu1.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpng/1.2.44-1ubuntu3.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpng/1.2.44-1ubuntu0.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpng/1.2.42-1ubuntu2.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpng/1.2.15~beta5-3ubuntu0.6 |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1402-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| id | Name |
|---|---|
| CWE-189 | Numeric Errors |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14763 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14763 | ||
| Title: | Integer signedness error in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.4.10beta01, as used in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.83 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3026. | ||
| Description: | Integer signedness error in the png_inflate function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.4.10beta01, as used in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.83 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3026. | ||
| Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2011-3045 |
Version: | 8 |
| Platform(s): | Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows 2000 |
Product(s): | Google Chrome |
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