Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title OptiPNG vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3495-1 First vendor Publication 2017-11-27
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-11-27
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.10 - Ubuntu 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

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

Software Description: - optipng: advanced PNG (Portable Network Graphics) optimizer

Details:

It was discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to cause OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 17.10:
optipng 0.7.6-1ubuntu0.17.10.1

Ubuntu 17.04:
optipng 0.7.6-1ubuntu0.17.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
optipng 0.7.6-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
optipng 0.6.4-1ubuntu0.14.04.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3495-1
CVE-2017-1000229

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/optipng/0.7.6-1ubuntu0.17.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/optipng/0.7.6-1ubuntu0.17.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/optipng/0.7.6-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/optipng/0.6.4-1ubuntu0.14.04.2

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3495-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-01-15 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-e56a2ddd09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-01-08 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201801-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-12-20 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-018464cbf9.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-12-14 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-1320.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-12-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-4058.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-11-28 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3495-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-11-22 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1184.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2017-12-01 21:24:00
  • Multiple Updates
2017-11-29 13:24:01
  • Multiple Updates
2017-11-27 21:22:07
  • First insertion