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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM USN-5432-1 Moderate: Libpng Memory Handling Issue

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Calendar Grey May 23, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5432-1 tackles severe vulnerabilities in libpng, aimed at averting service disruption and potential code execution exploits.
Several security issues were fixed in libpng.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service arbitrary code execution Ubuntu libpng update instructions memory handling

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: libpng12-0 1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1+esm1 libpng12-dev 1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1+esm1 libpng3 1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1+esm1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5432-1

CVE-2017-12652, CVE-2018-14048

May 23, 2022

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security advisory denial of service arbitrary code execution Ubuntu libpng update instructions memory handling

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