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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2072-1 (libpng)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libpng announced via advisory DSA 2072-1.
Insight
Insight
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in libpng, a library for reading and writing PNG files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2010-1205 It was discovered a buffer overflow in libpng which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image that triggers an additional data row. CVE-2010-2249 It was discovered a memory leak in libpng which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a PNG image containing malformed Physical Scale (aka sCAL) chunks For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.27-2+lenny4. For the testing (squeeze) and unstable (sid) distribution, these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.44-1 We recommend that you upgrade your libpng package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202072-1