Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.68217
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-960-1 (libpng)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-960-1 (libpng)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to libpng announced via advisory USN-960-1. Details follow: It was discovered that libpng did not properly handle certain malformed PNG images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PNG file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-1205) It was discovered that libpng did not properly handle certain malformed 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-2010-2249) Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5ubuntu0.6 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libpng12-0 1.2.15~ beta5-3ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 9.04: libpng12-0 1.2.27-2ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 9.10: libpng12-0 1.2.37-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libpng12-0 1.2.42-1ubuntu2.1 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-960-1 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1205 http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.html 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 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://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 BugTraq ID: 41174 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41174 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11851 http://secunia.com/advisories/40302 http://secunia.com/advisories/40472 http://secunia.com/advisories/40547 http://secunia.com/advisories/41574 http://secunia.com/advisories/42317 http://secunia.com/advisories/42314 http://secunia.com/advisories/40336 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1612 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 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1637 XForce ISS Database: libpng-rowdata-bo(59815) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/59815 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-2249 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024723 XForce ISS Database: libpng-scal-dos(59816) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/59816
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