Executive Summary



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Summary
Title libpng vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3712-1 First vendor Publication 2018-07-11
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2018-07-11
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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 17.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in libpng.

Software Description: - libpng1.6: PNG library - development (version 1.6) - libpng: PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file library

Details:

Patrick Keshishian discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10087)

Thuan Pham discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-13785)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: ﾃつ libpng16-16ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 1.6.34-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 17.10: ﾃつ libpng16-16ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 1.6.34-1ubuntu0.17.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: ﾃつ libpng12-0ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: ﾃつ libpng12-0ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References: ﾃつ https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3712-1 ﾃつ CVE-2016-10087, CVE-2018-13785

Package Information: ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpng1.6/1.6.34-1ubuntu0.18.04. 1 ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpng1.6/1.6.34-1ubuntu0.17.10. 1 ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpng/1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1 ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpng/1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3712-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
33 % CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
33 % CWE-369 Divide By Zero
33 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 251
Application 4
Application 4
Os 4
Os 2
Os 2
Os 2

Nessusﾂｮ Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-b48e0b8761.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-04eded822e.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-043bd3349e.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-07-30 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-3e04e9fe54.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-1d305fa070.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-18 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-477.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-bad9942e42.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-84bc8ac268.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-13 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-66fd940572.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-13 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-cf1944f480.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-07 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-0950-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-06 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-443.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-06 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-441.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-03 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-0901-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-30 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-0860-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-30 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-0853-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-30 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-74.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-10 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-a4b06a036b.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-10 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-1a7e14d084.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-03 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2016-365-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2018-07-11 21:21:31
  • Multiple Updates
2018-07-11 21:18:59
  • First insertion