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Gentoo: GLSA-201010-01 Normal: Libpng Privilege Escalation And DoS

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Calendar Grey October 5, 2010
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A series of security weaknesses has been identified in libpng for Gentoo, potentially enabling privilege elevation or service disruption.
Multiple vulnerabilities in libpng might lead to privilege escalation or a Denial of Service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in libpng: * The png_decompress_chunk() function in pngrutil.c does not properly handle certain type of compressed data (CVE-2010-0205)
* A buffer overflow in pngread.c when using progressive applications (CVE-2010-1205)
* A memory leak in pngrutil.c when dealing with a certain type of chunks (CVE-2010-2249)

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All libpng users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libpng-1.4.3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-0205 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0205 [ 2 ] CVE-2010-1205 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1205 [ 3 ] CVE-2010-2249 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2249

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201010-01
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Libpng: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 05, 2010
Bugs: #307637, #324153, #335887
ID: 201010-01

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in libpng might lead to privilege escalation or a Denial of Service.

Background

libpng is a standard library used to process PNG (Portable Network Graphics) images. It is used by several programs, including web browsers and potentially server processes.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/libpng < 1.4.3 >= 1.4.3

Impact

===== An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause programs linked against the library to crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the vulnerable program, which could be the root user.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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