Fedora EPEL 6 update for libpng10



Published: 2012-03-09
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2011-3045
CWE-ID CWE-190
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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libpng10
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU44186

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3045

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Integer signedness error in the png_inflate function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.4.10beta01, as used in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.83 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3026.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 6

libpng10: before 1.0.58-1.el6

CPE2.3 External links

http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0728


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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