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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.67828
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2072-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libpng' package(s) announced via the DSA-2072-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libpng' package(s) announced via the DSA-2072-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in libpng, a library for reading and writing PNG files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2010-1205

It was discovered a buffer overflow in libpng which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image that triggers an additional data row.

CVE-2010-2249

It was discovered a memory leak in libpng which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a PNG image containing malformed Physical Scale (aka sCAL) chunks.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.27-2+lenny4.

For the testing (squeeze) and unstable (sid) distribution, these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.44-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libpng package.

Affected Software/OS:
'libpng' package(s) on Debian 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

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-2010-1205
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html
BugTraq ID: 41174
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41174
Debian Security Information: DSA-2072 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2072
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044283.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044397.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:133
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11851
http://secunia.com/advisories/40302
http://secunia.com/advisories/40336
http://secunia.com/advisories/40472
http://secunia.com/advisories/40547
http://secunia.com/advisories/41574
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
http://secunia.com/advisories/42317
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.613061
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2010:017 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-960-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1612
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1637
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1755
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1837
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1846
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1877
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2491
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046
XForce ISS Database: libpng-rowdata-bo(59815)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59815
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-2249
1024723
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024723
40302
40336
40472
40547
41174
41574
42314
42317
ADV-2010-1612
ADV-2010-1637
ADV-2010-1755
ADV-2010-1837
ADV-2010-1846
ADV-2010-1877
ADV-2010-2491
ADV-2010-3045
ADV-2010-3046
APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1
APPLE-SA-2010-11-22-1
APPLE-SA-2011-03-02-1
APPLE-SA-2011-03-09-2
DSA-2072
FEDORA-2010-10823
FEDORA-2010-10833
MDVSA-2010:133
SSA:2010-180-01
SUSE-SR:2010:017
USN-960-1
[security-announce] 20100923 VMSA-2010-0014 VMware Workstation, Player, and ACE address several security issues
http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=90cfcecc09febb8d6c8c1d37ea7bb7cf0f4b00f3#patch20
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608644
libpng-scal-dos(59816)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59816
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