GLSA 200611-09: libpng: Denial of Service
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | libpng: Denial of Service |
| Date: | 11/17/2006 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 200611-09 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability in libpng may allow a remote attacker to crash applications that handle untrusted images.Background
libpng is a free ANSI C library used to process and manipulate PNG images.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| media-libs/libpng | < 1.2.13 | >= 1.2.13 | All supported architectures |
Description
Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered that a vulnerability exists in the sPLT chunk handling code of libpng, a large sPLT chunk may cause an application to attempt to read out of bounds.
Impact
A remote attacker could craft an image that when processed or viewed by an application using libpng causes the application to terminate abnormally.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All libpng users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libpng-1.2.13"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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