Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title libpng: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201611-08 First vendor Publication 2016-11-15
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2016-11-15
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libpng, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.

Background

libpng is a standard library used to process PNG (Portable Network Graphics) images. It is used by several other programs, including web browsers and potentially server processes.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in libpng. Please review the referenced CVE’s for additional information.

Impact

Remote attackers could cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impacts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libpng 1.2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libpng-1.2.56"

All libpng 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libpng-1.5.26"

All libpng 1.6 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libpng-1.6.21"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-7981
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7981
[ 2 ] CVE-2015-8126
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8126
[ 3 ] CVE-2015-8540
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-8540

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-08

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201611-08.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
33 % CWE-200 Information Exposure
33 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)
33 % CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Application 660
Application 4
Application 4
Application 1
Os 107
Os 6
Os 4
Os 3
Os 1
Os 2
Os 2
Os 1
Os 2
Os 2
Os 7
Os 2
Os 1
Os 2
Os 5
Os 2
Os 2
Os 4
Os 2
Os 1
Os 4
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-04-18 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
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2017-04-07 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
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Date Informations
2016-11-16 13:26:22
  • Multiple Updates
2016-11-15 09:23:30
  • First insertion