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USN-2815-1 PNG vulnerability

USN-2815-1 PNG vulnerability

Severity

Medium

Vendor

PNG

Versions Affected

  • Ubuntu 14.04

Description

Qixue Xiao discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain time values. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause libpng to crash, leading to a denial of service.

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.

The Cloud Foundry project released a BOSH stemcell version 3144 that has the patched version of the Linux kernel. A new Cloud Foundry rootfs was also released, cflinuxfs2 v.1.19.0, that has the patches.

Affected Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

  • All versions of Cloud Foundry BOSH stemcells prior to 3143 are vulnerable.
  • All versions of Cloud Foundry cflinuxfs2 prior to v.1.19.0.

Mitigation

Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation:

  • The Cloud Foundry project recommends that Cloud Foundry deployments run with BOSH stemcells 3137 or later versions and cflinuxfs2 v.1.18.0 or later versions.

Credit

Qixue Xiao

References

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