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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200705-24 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: libpng: Denial of Service |
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Date: May 31, 2007 |
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Bugs: #178004 |
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ID: 200705-24 |
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Synopsis |
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A vulnerability in libpng may allow a remote attacker to crash |
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applications that handle untrusted images. |
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Background |
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libpng is a free ANSI C library used to process and manipulate PNG |
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images. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 media-libs/libpng < 1.2.17 >= 1.2.17 |
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Description |
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Mats Palmgren fixed an error in file pngrutil.c in which the trans[] |
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array might be not allocated because of images with a bad tRNS chunk |
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CRC value. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could craft an image that when processed or viewed by |
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an application using libpng causes the application to terminate |
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abnormally. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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Please note that due to separate bugs in libpng 1.2.17, Gentoo does not |
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provide libpng-1.2.17 but libpng-1.2.18. All libpng users should |
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upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libpng-1.2.18" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-2445 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2445 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-24.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |