MGASA-2023-0333 - Updated optipng packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 01 Dec 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0333.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8, 9
CVE: CVE-2023-43907

Updated the optipng package to fix a security vulnerability
(CVE-2023-43907) and other bugs. The GIF handler was vulnerable to a
global buffer overflow.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32520
- https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/87/
- https://github.com/Frank-Z7/z-vulnerabilitys/blob/main/optipng-global-buffer-overflow1/optipng-global-buffer-overflow1.md
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-43907

SRPMS:
- 9/core/optipng-0.7.8-2.mga9
- 8/core/optipng-0.7.8-2.mga8

Mageia 2023-0333: optipng security update

Updated the optipng package to fix a security vulnerability (CVE-2023-43907) and other bugs

Summary

Updated the optipng package to fix a security vulnerability (CVE-2023-43907) and other bugs. The GIF handler was vulnerable to a global buffer overflow.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32520

- https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/87/

- https://github.com/Frank-Z7/z-vulnerabilitys/blob/main/optipng-global-buffer-overflow1/optipng-global-buffer-overflow1.md

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-43907

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0333 - Updated optipng packages fix a security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 9/core/optipng-0.7.8-2.mga9

- 8/core/optipng-0.7.8-2.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 01 Dec 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0333.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-43907

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