libpng sCAL denial of service
| libpng-scal-dos (59816) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
libpng is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak error when handling malicious sCAL chunks. By persuading a victim to view a specially-crafted PNG image, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
*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:
Upgrade to the latest version of libpng (1.2.44 or 1.4.3 or later), available from the libpng Web site. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
References:
- Apple Web site: About the security content of Apple TV software update 4.1.
- Apple Web site: About the security content of iTunes 10.2.
- Apple Web site: About the security content of iOS 4.2.
- ASA-2011-277: libpng Multiple Vulnerabilities.
- libpng Web Site: libpng is the official PNG reference library.
- Sun Security Blog 18 Mar 2011: Multiple Vulnerabilities in libpng .
- BID-41174: libpng Memory Corruption and Memory Leak Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2010-2249: Memory leak in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.44, and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, 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.
- DSA-2072: libpng -- several vulnerabilities
- GLSA-201010-01: Libpng: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDVSA-2010:133: libpng
- OSVDB ID: 65853: libpng pngrutil.c sCAL Chunk Memory Corruption DoS
- RHSA-2010-0534: Important: libpng security update
- SA40302: libpng Two Vulnerabilities
- SA41574: VMware Update for Workstation and Player
- SA41605: VMware Workstation and Player libpng Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA41606: VMware Server libpng Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA42314: Apple iOS Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA42317: Apple TV Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA43845: Oracle Solaris libpng Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA46801: Avaya CMS libpng Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1024723: Mac OS X Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Deny Service, and Obtain Information
- SUSE-SR:2010:017: (java-1_4_2-ibm, sudo, libpng, php5, tgt, iscsitarget, aria2, pcsc-lite, tomcat5, tomcat6, lvm2, libvirt, rpm, libtiff, dovecot12)
- VUPEN/ADV-2010-1612: Libpng Memory Corruption and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2010-2491: VMware Workstation and Player Installer and Libpng Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2010-3046: Apple iOS Multiple Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Apple Apple TV 4.0
- Apple iPad
- Apple iPhone OS 2.0
- Apple iPhone OS 2.0.0 iPodtouch
- Apple iPhone OS 2.0.1
- Apple iPhone OS 2.0.1 iPodtouch
- Apple iPhone OS 2.0.2
- Apple iPhone OS 2.0.2 iPodtouch
- Apple iPhone OS 2.1
- Apple iPhone OS 2.1 iPodtouch
- Apple iPhone OS 3.0
- Apple iPhone OS 3.0 iPodtouch
- Apple iPhone OS 3.1
- Apple iPhone OS 3.1 iPodtouch
- Apple iPhone OS 3.1.2
- Apple iPhone OS 3.1.2 iPodtouch
- Apple iPhone OS 3.1.3
- Apple iPhone OS 4.0
- Apple iPhone OS 4.0 iPodtouch
- Apple iPhone OS 4.0.1 iPodtouch
- Apple iPhone OS 4.0.1
- Apple iTunes 10
- Avaya CMS R15
- Avaya CMS R16
- Debian Debian Linux 5.0
- Gentoo Linux
- libpng libpng 1.2
- libpng libpng 1.2.0 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.0 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.0 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.0 Beta5
- libpng libpng 1.2.0 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.0 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.1 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.1 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.1 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.1 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.1 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.1 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.1
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 Beta7
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 Beta6
- libpng libpng 1.2.10
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 Beta5
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.10 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.11 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.11
- libpng libpng 1.2.11 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.11 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.11 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.11 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.11 rc5
- libpng libpng 1.2.11 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.11 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.13
- libpng libpng 1.2.13 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.13 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.13 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.14
- libpng libpng 1.2.14 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.14 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.14 rc1
- 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 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 Beta6
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 Beta5
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 rc5
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 rc4
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.15 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.16 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.16
- libpng libpng 1.2.16 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.16 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.17 rc4
- libpng libpng 1.2.17 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.17 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.17
- libpng libpng 1.2.17 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.17 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.17 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.18
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta31
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta32
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta9
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta30
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta23
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta24
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta21
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta22
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta3
- 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 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta7
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta33
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta8
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta5
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta6
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 rc6
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 rc5
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 rc4
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta29
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta11
- libpng libpng 1.2.19 Beta10
- libpng libpng 1.2.2 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.2 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.2
- libpng libpng 1.2.2 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.2 Beta6
- libpng libpng 1.2.2 Beta5
- libpng libpng 1.2.2 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.2 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.20 rc6
- libpng libpng 1.2.20 rc5
- libpng libpng 1.2.20 rc4
- libpng libpng 1.2.20 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.20 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.20 Beta01
- 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 Beta02
- 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 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.21
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 Beta3-1.2.21
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 rc1-1.2.21
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.22
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 Beta2-1.2.21
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 Beta4-1.2.21
- libpng libpng 1.2.22 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.23 Beta01
- libpng libpng 1.2.23 Beta04
- libpng libpng 1.2.23 Beta02
- 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 Beta02-1.2.22
- libpng libpng 1.2.23 rc01
- 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 1.2.23 Beta03
- libpng libpng 1.2.24
- libpng libpng 1.2.24 Beta02
- libpng libpng 1.2.24 Beta03
- libpng libpng 1.2.24 Beta01
- libpng libpng 1.2.24 Beta01-1.2.23
- libpng libpng 1.2.24 rc01-1.2.23
- libpng libpng 1.2.24 rc01
- libpng libpng 1.2.24 Beta03-1.2.23
- libpng libpng 1.2.24 Beta02-1.2.23
- libpng libpng 1.2.25 Beta06
- libpng libpng 1.2.25 Beta01
- libpng libpng 1.2.25
- libpng libpng 1.2.25 Beta05
- libpng libpng 1.2.25 Beta04
- libpng libpng 1.2.25 Beta03
- libpng libpng 1.2.25 Beta02
- libpng libpng 1.2.25 rc02
- libpng libpng 1.2.25 rc01
- libpng libpng 1.2.26 Beta05
- libpng libpng 1.2.26 rc01
- libpng libpng 1.2.26 Beta06
- libpng libpng 1.2.26 Beta02
- libpng libpng 1.2.26 Beta01
- libpng libpng 1.2.26 Beta03
- libpng libpng 1.2.26 Beta04
- libpng libpng 1.2.26
- libpng libpng 1.2.27
- libpng libpng 1.2.28
- libpng libpng 1.2.29
- libpng libpng 1.2.3 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.3 rc4
- libpng libpng 1.2.3 rc5
- libpng libpng 1.2.3 rc6
- libpng libpng 1.2.3
- libpng libpng 1.2.3 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.3 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.30
- libpng libpng 1.2.30 beta04
- libpng libpng 1.2.31
- libpng libpng 1.2.32
- libpng libpng 1.2.33
- libpng libpng 1.2.34
- libpng libpng 1.2.35
- libpng libpng 1.2.4
- libpng libpng 1.2.4 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.4 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.4 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.4 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.5
- libpng libpng 1.2.5 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.5 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.5 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.5 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.5 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.5 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.6
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 rc5
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 rc4
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.6 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.7 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.7 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.7
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 Beta5
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 rc4
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 rc2
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 rc3
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.8 rc5
- libpng libpng 1.2.8
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta4
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta3
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta2
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta1
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta9
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta8
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta7
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta6
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 rc1
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta10
- libpng libpng 1.2.9
- libpng libpng 1.2.9 Beta5
- libpng libpng 1.4
- Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 Beta36
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- Mandriva Enterprise Server 5
- Mandriva Enterprise Server 5 X86_64
- Mandriva Linux 2009.0
- Mandriva Linux 2009.0 X86_64
- Mandriva Linux 2009.1
- Mandriva Linux 2009.1 X86_64
- Mandriva Linux 2010
- Mandriva Linux 2010 X86_64
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.8.z ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.8.z AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- Sun Solaris 10
- Sun Solaris 9
Reported:
Jun 23, 2010
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