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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-2445

Original release date:05/16/2007
Last revised:11/06/2012
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The png_handle_tRNS function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.0.25 and 1.2.x before 1.2.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a grayscale PNG image with a bad tRNS chunk CRC value.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:5.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#684664
Name: VU#684664
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684664
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=508656&group_id=5624
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=508656&group_id=5624
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=508653&group_id=5624
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=508653&group_id=5624
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1381
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1381
External Source: XF
Name: libpng-trns-chunk-dos(34340)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/34340
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0924
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-2385
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2385
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-1838
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1838
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1018078
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018078
External Source: BID
Name: 24023
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24023
External Source: BID
Name: 24000
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24000
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070517 FLEA-2007-0018-1: libpng
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/468910/100/0/threaded
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0356
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0356.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/l/li/libpng/libpng-1.2.17-ADVISORY.txt
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/l/li/libpng/libpng-1.2.17-ADVISORY.txt
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1750
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1750
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2007-136-01
Hyperlink:http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.492650
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34388
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34388
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25329
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25329
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25292
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25292
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25273
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25273
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25268
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25268
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10094
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10094
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 36196
Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/36196
External Source: OPENPKG
Name: OpenPKG-SA-2007.013
Hyperlink:http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2007.013
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-472-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-472-1
External Source: TRUSTIX
Name: 2007-0019
Hyperlink:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0019/
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080304 CORE-2008-0124: Multiple vulnerabilities in Google's Android SDK
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/489135/100/0/threaded
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2007:013
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:116
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:116
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200805-07
Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200705-24
Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-24.xml
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1613
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1613
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2148
Hyperlink:http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2148
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-254.htm
Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-254.htm
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 200871
Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200871-1
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 102987
Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102987-1
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31168
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31168
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30161
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30161
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29420
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27056
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27056
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25867
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25867
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25787
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25787
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25742
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25742
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25571
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25571
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25554
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25554
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25461
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25461
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25353
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25353
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-03-18
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/changes.txt
Hyperlink:http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/changes.txt
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html
Hyperlink:http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10094
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10094

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerline trunkNav control imagecpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel
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spacerspacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:png_reference_library:libpng:1.0.15 and previous versions
spacerspacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:png_reference_library:libpng:1.2.16 and previous versions
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2445