Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 20:12:58 +0200
From: Raphael Marichez <falco@gentoo.org.>
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Subject: [ GLSA 200705-24 ] libpng: Denial of Service
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200705-24
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Severity: Normal
Title: libpng: Denial of Service
Date: May 31, 2007
Bugs: #178004
ID: 200705-24
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in libpng may allow a remote attacker to crash
applications that handle untrusted images.
Background
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libpng is a free ANSI C library used to process and manipulate PNG
images.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/libpng < 1.2.17 >= 1.2.17
Description
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Mats Palmgren fixed an error in file pngrutil.c in which the trans[]
array might be not allocated because of images with a bad tRNS chunk
CRC value.
Impact
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A remote attacker could craft an image that when processed or viewed by
an application using libpng causes the application to terminate
abnormally.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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Please note that due to separate bugs in libpng 1.2.17, Gentoo does not
provide libpng-1.2.17 but libpng-1.2.18. All libpng users should
upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libpng-1.2.18"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-2445
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2445
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-24.xml
Concerns?
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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
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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