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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842587
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2861-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libpng' package(s) announced via the USN-2861-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libpng' package(s) announced via the USN-2861-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain small bit-depth
values. 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-2015-8472)

Qixue Xiao and Chen Yu discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain
malformed images. 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. (CVE-2015-8540)

Affected Software/OS:
'libpng' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 15.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-8472
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
BugTraq ID: 78624
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78624
Debian Security Information: DSA-3443 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3443
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174936.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175073.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174905.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/03/6
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:2594
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2594.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:2595
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2595.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:2596
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2596.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0055
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0055.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0056
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0056.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0057
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0057.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1430
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1430
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0256 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00038.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0265 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00042.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0269 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00044.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0263 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00041.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0268 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00043.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0270 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00045.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0272 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00047.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0279 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00048.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-8540
BugTraq ID: 80592
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80592
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174435.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-08
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/10/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/10/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/17/10
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