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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71761
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-1367-1 (libpng12-0)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to libpng12-0
announced via advisory USN-1367-1.

Details:

It was discovered that libpng did not properly verify the embedded profile
length of iCCP chunks. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of
service via application crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.
(CVE-2009-5063)

Jueri Aedla discovered that libpng did not properly verify the size used
when allocating memory during chunk decompression. 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. (CVE-2011-3026)

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

Ubuntu 11.10:
libpng12-0 1.2.46-3ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
libpng12-0 1.2.44-1ubuntu3.2

Ubuntu 10.10:
libpng12-0 1.2.44-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libpng12-0 1.2.42-1ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libpng12-0 1.2.15~
beta5-3ubuntu0.5

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1367-1

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-5063
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/6
http://secunia.com/advisories/49660
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-3026
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15032
http://secunia.com/advisories/48016
http://secunia.com/advisories/48110
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0303 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00023.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0297 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00020.html
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2012 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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