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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200804-15.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200804-15.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6e0a1281bab2 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200804-15.xml @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200804-15"> + <title>libpng: Execution of arbitrary code</title> + <synopsis> + A vulnerability in libpng may allow for execution of arbitrary code in + certain applications that handle untrusted images. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">libpng</product> + <announced>2008-04-15</announced> + <revised count="01">2008-04-15</revised> + <bug>217047</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="media-libs/libpng" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.2.26-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.26-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + libpng is a free ANSI C library used to process and manipulate PNG + images. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team discovered that libpng does + not handle zero-length unknown chunks in PNG files correctly, which + might lead to memory corruption in applications that call + png_set_read_user_chunk_fn() or png_set_keep_unknown_chunks(). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to process a + specially crafted PNG image in an application using libpng and possibly + execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the + application. Note that processing of unknown chunks is disabled by + default in most PNG applications, but some such as ImageMagick are + affected. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All libpng users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libpng-1.2.26-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1382">CVE-2008-1382</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-04-14T01:44:56Z"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-04-14T01:49:03Z"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-04-14T08:39:38Z"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |