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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3712-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3712-1
Posted Jul 11, 2018
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3712-1 - Patrick Keshishian discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Thuan Pham discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2016-10087, CVE-2018-13785
SHA-256 | 1572d5cb56753915b7a92ced20be9c8bc8ddb3cb195cffb7589ec0bd3721f7be

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3712-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3712-1
July 11, 2018

libpng, libpng1.6 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in libpng.

Software Description:
- libpng1.6: PNG library - development (version 1.6)
- libpng: PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file library

Details:

Patrick Keshishian discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain
PNG files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04
LTS. (CVE-2016-10087)

Thuan Pham discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG
files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-13785)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libpng16-16 1.6.34-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 17.10:
libpng16-16 1.6.34-1ubuntu0.17.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libpng12-0 1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libpng12-0 1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3

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

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3712-1
CVE-2016-10087, CVE-2018-13785

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpng1.6/1.6.34-1ubuntu0.18.04.
1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpng1.6/1.6.34-1ubuntu0.17.10.
1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpng/1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpng/1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3
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