NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libpng package, versions <1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1
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- published 30 Jan 2017
- disclosed 30 Jan 2017
Introduced: 30 Jan 2017
CVE-2016-10087 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04
libpng
to version 1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpng
package and not the libpng
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:16.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
The png_set_text_2 function in libpng 0.71 before 1.0.67, 1.2.x before 1.2.57, 1.4.x before 1.4.20, 1.5.x before 1.5.28, and 1.6.x before 1.6.27 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference vectors involving loading a text chunk into a png structure, removing the text, and then adding another text chunk to the structure.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-10087
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10087
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-74
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/29/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/30/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95157
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3712-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3712-2/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E