libpng png_handle_tEXt() function denial of service
| libpng-pnghandletext-dos (46115) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
libpng is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak error in the png_handle_tEXt() function. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted PNG image, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to utilize all memory resources.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.2 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system. See References.
References:
- libpng Web page: PNG Reference Library: libpng.
- SourceForge.net: Files : PNG reference library: libpng.
- SourceForge.net: Files : PNG reference library: libpng, File Release Notes and Changelog, Release Name: 1.2.33rc02.
- BID-31920: Libpng Library 'png_handle_tEXt()' Memory Leak Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-6218: Memory leak in the png_handle_tEXt function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.33 rc02 and 1.4.0 beta36 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted PNG file.
- DSA-1750: libpng -- several vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200903-28: libpng: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDVSA-2010:133: libpng
- SA32418: libpng "png_handle_tEXt()" Memory Leak Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1021104: libpng Memory Leak in png_handle_tXTt() May Let Remote Users Deny Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2917: LibPNG png_handle_tXTt() Function Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Debian Debian Linux 4.0
- Debian Debian Linux 5.0
- Gentoo Linux
- libpng libpng 1.2
- libpng libpng 1.2.0 Beta5
- libpng libpng 1.2.0 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.0 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.0 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.0 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.0 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.1 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.1 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.1
- libpng libpng 1.2.1 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.1 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.1 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.1 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 Beta7
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.10
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 Beta5
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 Beta6
- libpng libpng 1.2.11 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.11 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.11 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.11 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.11
- libpng libpng 1.2.11 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.11 rc5
- libpng libpng 1.2.11 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.11 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.13
- libpng libpng 1.2.13 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.13 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.13 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.14
- libpng libpng 1.2.14 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.14 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.14 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.15
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 rc5
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 rc4
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 Beta5
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 Beta6
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.16
- libpng libpng 1.2.16 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.16 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.16 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.17 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.17
- libpng libpng 1.2.17 rc4
- libpng libpng 1.2.17 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.17 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.17 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.17 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.18
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta24
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta32
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta11
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta10
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta21
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta22
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta29
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta27
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta28
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta25
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta26
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta19
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta20
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta17
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta18
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta12
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta14
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta13
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta16
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta15
- libpng libpng 1.2.19
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 rc4
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 rc5
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 rc6
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta6
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta5
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta8
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta33
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta9
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta30
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta23
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta7
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta31
- libpng libpng 1.2.2 Beta6
- libpng libpng 1.2.2 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.2 Beta5
- libpng libpng 1.2.2 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.2 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.2
- libpng libpng 1.2.2 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.2 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.20 Beta02
- libpng libpng 1.2.20 Beta01
- libpng libpng 1.2.20 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.20 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.20 rc4
- libpng libpng 1.2.20 rc5
- libpng libpng 1.2.20 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.20
- libpng libpng 1.2.20 Beta04
- libpng libpng 1.2.20 Beta03
- libpng libpng 1.2.20 rc6
- libpng libpng 1.2.21 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.21 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.21 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.21 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.21 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.21
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.22
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 Beta4-1.2.21
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 Beta2-1.2.21
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 Beta3-1.2.21
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 rc1-1.2.21
- libpng libpng 1.2.23 Beta02-1.2.22
- libpng libpng 1.2.23 rc01
- libpng libpng 1.2.23 Beta04
- libpng libpng 1.2.23 Beta02
- libpng libpng 1.2.23 Beta03
- libpng libpng 1.2.23 Beta03-1.2.22
- libpng libpng 1.2.23 Beta04-1.2.22
- libpng libpng 1.2.23
- libpng libpng 1.2.23 Beta01-1.2.22
- libpng libpng 1.2.23 Beta01
- libpng libpng 1.2.23 Beta05-1.2.22
- libpng libpng 1.2.23 rc01-1.2.22
- libpng libpng 1.2.23 Beta05
- libpng libpng 1.2.24
- libpng libpng 1.2.24 Beta02
- libpng libpng 1.2.24 rc01
- libpng libpng 1.2.24 rc01-1.2.23
- libpng libpng 1.2.24 Beta03-1.2.23
- libpng libpng 1.2.24 Beta01
- libpng libpng 1.2.24 Beta02-1.2.23
- libpng libpng 1.2.24 Beta01-1.2.23
- libpng libpng 1.2.24 Beta03
- libpng libpng 1.2.25 Beta01
- libpng libpng 1.2.25 Beta02
- libpng libpng 1.2.25 Beta03
- libpng libpng 1.2.25 Beta04
- libpng libpng 1.2.25 Beta05
- libpng libpng 1.2.25
- libpng libpng 1.2.25 Beta06
- libpng libpng 1.2.25 rc01
- libpng libpng 1.2.25 rc02
- libpng libpng 1.2.26 rc01
- libpng libpng 1.2.26 Beta06
- libpng libpng 1.2.26 Beta05
- libpng libpng 1.2.26
- libpng libpng 1.2.26 Beta01
- libpng libpng 1.2.26 Beta02
- libpng libpng 1.2.26 Beta03
- libpng libpng 1.2.26 Beta04
- libpng libpng 1.2.27
- libpng libpng 1.2.28
- libpng libpng 1.2.29
- libpng libpng 1.2.3
- libpng libpng 1.2.3 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.3 rc6
- libpng libpng 1.2.3 rc4
- libpng libpng 1.2.3 rc5
- libpng libpng 1.2.3 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.3 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.30
- libpng libpng 1.2.31
- libpng libpng 1.2.32
- libpng libpng 1.2.33
- libpng libpng 1.2.4
- libpng libpng 1.2.4 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.4 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.4 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.4 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.5 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.5 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.5 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.5
- libpng libpng 1.2.5 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.5 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.5 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.6
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 rc5
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 rc4
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.7 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.7 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.7
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 rc4
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 Beta5
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.8
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 rc5
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.9
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta5
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta10
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta6
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta7
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta8
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta9
- Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 Beta36
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- Mandriva Enterprise Server 5 X86_64
- Mandriva Enterprise Server 5
- Mandriva Linux 2009.0
- Mandriva Linux 2009.0 X86_64
- Mandriva Linux 2009.1
- Mandriva Linux 2009.1 X86_64
- Mandriva Linux 2010 X86_64
- Mandriva Linux 2010
Reported:
Oct 27, 2008
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