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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3546-1 (optipng - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Hans Jerry Illikainen discovered that missing input sanitising in the BMP processing code of the optipng PNG optimiser may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed file is processed.
Affected Software
Affected Software
optipng on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.4-1+deb7u2. This update also fixes CVE-2015-7801, which was originally targeted for a wheezy point update. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.5-1+deb8u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your optipng packages.