1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1175-1

USN-1175-1: libpng vulnerabilities

Publication date

26 July 2011

Overview

Libpng could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • libpng - PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file library

Details

Frank Busse discovered that libpng did not properly handle certain
malformed PNG images. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a crafted PNG file, an attacker could cause libpng to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
10.04 LTS, 10.10, and 11.04. (CVE-2011-2501)

It was discovered that libpng did not properly handle certain malformed PNG
images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted
PNG file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2011-2690)

Frank Busse discovered that libpng did not properly handle certain PNG
images with invalid sCAL chunks. If a user or automated system were tricked
into opening a crafted PNG file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service or...

Frank Busse discovered that libpng did not properly handle certain
malformed PNG images. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a crafted PNG file, an attacker could cause libpng to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
10.04 LTS, 10.10, and 11.04. (CVE-2011-2501)

It was discovered that libpng did not properly handle certain malformed PNG
images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted
PNG file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2011-2690)

Frank Busse discovered that libpng did not properly handle certain PNG
images with invalid sCAL chunks. If a user or automated system were tricked
into opening a crafted PNG file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
invoking the program. (CVE-2011-2692)

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
8.04 hardy libpng12-0 –  1.2.15~beta5-3ubuntu0.4
11.04 natty libpng12-0 –  1.2.44-1ubuntu3.1
10.10 maverick libpng12-0 –  1.2.44-1ubuntu0.1
10.04 lucid libpng12-0 –  1.2.42-1ubuntu2.2

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