Description: | Description: The remote host is missing an update to libpng announced via advisory USN-913-1.
Details follow:
It was discovered that libpng did not properly initialize memory when decoding certain 1-bit interlaced images. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing crafted PNG images, an attacker could possibly use this flaw to read sensitive information stored in memory. This issue only affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 8.10 and 9.04. (CVE-2009-2042)
It was discovered that libpng did not properly handle certain excessively compressed PNG images. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a crafted PNG image, an attacker could possibly use this flaw to consume all available resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2010-0205)
Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5ubuntu0.5
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libpng12-0 1.2.15~ beta5-3ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 8.10: libpng12-0 1.2.27-1ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 9.04: libpng12-0 1.2.27-2ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 9.10: libpng12-0 1.2.37-1ubuntu0.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-913-1
Risk factor : High
CVSS Score: 7.8
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