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From: Yury German <blueknight@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201608-01 ] OptiPNG: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:32:52
Message-Id: 9940796d-064a-ce98-26c9-6ef8e83332ac@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201608-01
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: OptiPNG: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: August 11, 2016
10 Bugs: #561882, #579030
11 ID: 201608-01
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OptiPNG, the worst of which
19 could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code, or cause a Denial
20 of Service condition.
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22 Background
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25 OptiPNG is a PNG optimizer that recompresses image files to a smaller
26 size, without losing any information.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 media-gfx/optipng < 0.7.6 >= 0.7.6
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OptiPNG. Please review
40 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted image
46 file resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges
47 of the process, or a Denial of Service condition.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All OptiPNG users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/optipng-0.7.6"
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62 References
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65 [ 1 ] CVE-2016-2191
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2191
67 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-3981
68 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3981
69 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-3982
70 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3982
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72 Availability
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75 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
76 the Gentoo Security Website:
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78 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201608-01
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80 Concerns?
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83 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
84 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
85 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
86 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
87 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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89 License
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92 Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
93 belongs to its owner(s).
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95 The contents of this document are licensed under the
96 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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98 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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