USN-2861-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2861-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2861-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2861-1

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Published

2016-01-06T17:36:40.396599Z

Modified

2016-01-06T17:36:40.396599Z

Summary

libpng vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain small bit-depth values. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-8472)

Qixue Xiao and Chen Yu discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8540)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libpng

Package

Name: libpng
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpng@1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.2.49-4ubuntu1

1.2.49-5ubuntu1

1.2.50-1ubuntu1

1.2.50-1ubuntu2

1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libpng12-0-udeb-dbgsym": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "libpng12-0-dbgsym": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "libpng12-dev": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "libpng3": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "libpng12-0": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "libpng12-0-udeb": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2"
        }
    ]
}