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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71695
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-1417-1 (libpng12-0)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to libpng12-0
announced via advisory USN-1417-1.

Details:

It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into
opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause
a denial of service or execute code with the privileges of the user
invoking the program.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10:
libpng12-0 1.2.46-3ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 11.04:
libpng12-0 1.2.44-1ubuntu3.4

Ubuntu 10.10:
libpng12-0 1.2.44-1ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libpng12-0 1.2.42-1ubuntu2.5

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libpng12-0 1.2.15~
beta5-3ubuntu0.7

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1417-1

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-3048
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
BugTraq ID: 52830
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52830
Debian Security Information: DSA-2446 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2446
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077819.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077007.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077043.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079039.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079051.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077472.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:046
http://www.osvdb.org/80822
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:0523
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0523.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026879
http://secunia.com/advisories/48587
http://secunia.com/advisories/48644
http://secunia.com/advisories/48665
http://secunia.com/advisories/48721
http://secunia.com/advisories/48983
http://secunia.com/advisories/49660
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1417-1
XForce ISS Database: libpng-pngsettext2-code-execution(74494)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74494
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