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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63530
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-2045 (libpng10)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to libpng10;announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-2045.;Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to libpng10
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-2045.
Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.

Vulnerability Insight:
Update Information:

This release fixes a vulnerability in which some arrays of pointers are not
initialized prior to using malloc to define the pointers. If the application
runs out of memory while executing the allocation loop (which can be forced by
malevolent input), libpng10 will jump to a cleanup process that attempts to free
all of the pointers, including the undefined ones. This issue has been
assigned CVE-2009-0040

Solution:
Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update libpng10' at the command line.

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-0040
1020521
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1
20090312 rPSA-2009-0046-1 libpng
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501767/100/0/threaded
20090529 VMSA-2009-0007 VMware Hosted products and ESX and ESXi patches resolve security issues
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503912/100/0/threaded
20090821 VMSA-2009-0010 VMware Hosted products update libpng and Apache HTTP Server
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505990/100/0/threaded
259989
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1
33827
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33827
33970
http://secunia.com/advisories/33970
33976
http://secunia.com/advisories/33976
33990
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33990
34137
http://secunia.com/advisories/34137
34140
http://secunia.com/advisories/34140
34143
http://secunia.com/advisories/34143
34145
http://secunia.com/advisories/34145
34152
http://secunia.com/advisories/34152
34210
http://secunia.com/advisories/34210
34265
http://secunia.com/advisories/34265
34272
http://secunia.com/advisories/34272
34320
http://secunia.com/advisories/34320
34324
http://secunia.com/advisories/34324
34388
http://secunia.com/advisories/34388
34462
http://secunia.com/advisories/34462
34464
http://secunia.com/advisories/34464
35074
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
35258
http://secunia.com/advisories/35258
35302
http://secunia.com/advisories/35302
35379
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
35386
http://secunia.com/advisories/35386
36096
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
ADV-2009-0469
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0469
ADV-2009-0473
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0473
ADV-2009-0632
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0632
ADV-2009-1297
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
ADV-2009-1451
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1451
ADV-2009-1462
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462
ADV-2009-1522
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
ADV-2009-1560
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560
ADV-2009-1621
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
ADV-2009-2172
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172
APPLE-SA-2009-05-12
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
APPLE-SA-2009-08-05-1
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
DSA-1750
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1750
DSA-1830
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1830
FEDORA-2009-1976
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00412.html
FEDORA-2009-2045
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00272.html
FEDORA-2009-2882
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00769.html
FEDORA-2009-2884
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00771.html
GLSA-200903-28
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-28.xml
GLSA-201209-25
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
MDVSA-2009:051
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:051
MDVSA-2009:075
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:075
MDVSA-2009:083
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:083
RHSA-2009:0315
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0315.html
RHSA-2009:0325
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0325.html
RHSA-2009:0333
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0333.html
RHSA-2009:0340
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0340.html
SSA:2009-083-02
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.405420
SSA:2009-083-03
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.433952
SUSE-SA:2009:012
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00002.html
SUSE-SA:2009:023
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00009.html
SUSE-SR:2009:005
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
TA09-133A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
TA09-218A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html
VU#649212
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/649212
[png-mng-implement] 20090219 libpng-1.2.35 and libpng-1.0.43 fix security vulnerability
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=e56ccc8f0902181726i200f4bf0n20d919473ec409b7%40mail.gmail.com
[security-announce] 20090820 VMSA-2009-0010 VMware Hosted products update libpng and Apache HTTP Server
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000062.html
ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png/src/libpng-1.2.34-ADVISORY.txt
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/libpng/libpng-1.2.34-ADVISORY.txt
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=1689&release_id=662441
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-069.htm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm
http://support.avaya.com/japple/css/japple?temp.documentID=366362&temp.productID=154235&temp.releaseID=361845&temp.bucketID=126655&PAGE=Document
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0046
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0007.html
libpng-pointer-arrays-code-execution(48819)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48819
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10316
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10316
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6458
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6458
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1382
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
BugTraq ID: 28770
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28770
Bugtraq: 20080414 [oCERT-2008-003] libpng zero-length chunks incorrect handling (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490823/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20080429 rPSA-2008-0151-1 libpng (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491424/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20090529 VMSA-2009-0007 VMware Hosted products and ESX and ESXi patches resolve security issues (Google Search)
Cert/CC Advisory: TA08-260A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
Cert/CC Advisory: TA09-133A
Debian Security Information: DSA-1750 (Google Search)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00721.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00960.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00951.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00033.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00080.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00111.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-15.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-10.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-15.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:156
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-003.html
http://www.osvdb.org/44364
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10326
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6275
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019840
http://secunia.com/advisories/29678
http://secunia.com/advisories/29792
http://secunia.com/advisories/29957
http://secunia.com/advisories/29992
http://secunia.com/advisories/30009
http://secunia.com/advisories/30157
http://secunia.com/advisories/30174
http://secunia.com/advisories/30402
http://secunia.com/advisories/30486
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882
http://secunia.com/advisories/33137
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.541247
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:010 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1225/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
XForce ISS Database: libpng-zero-length-code-execution(41800)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41800
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