Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libpng
announced via advisory DSA 2072-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202072-1
Insight
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in libpng, a library for reading and writing PNG files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2010-1205
It was discovered a buffer overflow in libpng which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image that triggers an additional data row.
CVE-2010-2249
It was discovered a memory leak in libpng which 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
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.27-2+lenny4.
For the testing (squeeze) and unstable (sid) distribution, these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.44-1
We recommend that you upgrade your libpng package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-1205, CVE-2010-2249 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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