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SUSE: 2019:1398-1 Low Severity: libpng16 Use-After-Free And DoS

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Calendar Grey May 31, 2019
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE releases a Security Update tackling two important vulnerabilities in libpng16, enhancing protection for impacted environments.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for libpng16 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2019-7317: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability, triggered when png_image_free() was called under png_safe_execute (bsc#1124211). - CVE-2018-13785: Fixed a wrong calculation of row_factor in the png_check_chunk_length function in pngrutil.c, which could haved triggered and integer overflow and result in an divide-by-zero while processing a crafted PNG file, leading to a denial of service (bsc#1100687) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15:

References

#1100687 #1121624 #1124211

Cross- CVE-2018-13785 CVE-2019-7317

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-13785.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7317.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1100687

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1121624

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1124211

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:1398-1
Rating: low

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