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GLSA-200408-03 : libpng: Numerous vulnerabilities

2004-08-3000:00:00
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23

CVSS2

10

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.964

Percentile

99.6%

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200408-03 (libpng: Numerous vulnerabilities)

libpng contains numerous vulnerabilities including NULL pointer dereference     errors and boundary errors in various functions.

Impact :

An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause programs linked     against the library to crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions     of the user running the vulnerable program, which could be the root user.

Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to     upgrade to the latest available version.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-03.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(14559);
  script_version("1.19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0597", "CVE-2004-0598", "CVE-2004-0599");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200408-03");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200408-03 : libpng: Numerous vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200408-03
(libpng: Numerous vulnerabilities)

    libpng contains numerous vulnerabilities including NULL pointer dereference
    errors and boundary errors in various functions.
  
Impact :

    An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause programs linked
    against the library to crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions
    of the user running the vulnerable program, which could be the root user.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
    upgrade to the latest available version."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200408-03"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All libpng users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
    # emerge sync
    # emerge -pv '>=media-libs/libpng-1.2.5-r8'
    # emerge '>=media-libs/libpng-1.2.5-r8'
    You should also run revdep-rebuild to rebuild any packages that depend on
    older versions of libpng :
    # revdep-rebuild"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libpng");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/08/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/08/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/08/04");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"media-libs/libpng", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.2.5-r8"), vulnerable:make_list("le 1.2.5-r7"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libpng");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
gentoolinuxlibpngp-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libpng
gentoolinuxcpe:/o:gentoo:linux

CVSS2

10

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.964

Percentile

99.6%