CVE-2009-0040

Description

The PNG reference library (aka libpng) before 1.0.43, and 1.2.x before 1.2.35, as used in pngcrush and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer in (1) the png_read_png function, (2) pCAL chunk handling, or (3) setup of 16-bit gamma tables.

Affected products

• Apple / iphone_os3.0
• Apple / mac_os_x10.5.8
• Debian / debian_linux4.0 – 4.0
• Debian / debian_linux5.0 – 5.0
• fedoraproject / fedora10 – 10
• fedoraproject / fedora9 – 9
• libpng / libpng1.0.43
• openSUSE / opensuse10.3 – 10.3
• openSUSE / opensuse11.1 – 11.1
• openSUSE / opensuse11.0 – 11.0
• SUSE / linux_enterprise9.0 – 9.0
• SUSE / linux_enterprise10.0 – 10.0
• SUSE / linux_enterprise_desktop10 – 10
• SUSE / linux_enterprise_server10 – 10

References

• MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0315.html
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00009.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00002.html
• MISChttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-28.xml
• MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0333.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35386
• MISChttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1830
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0632
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
• MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0340.html
• MISChttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560
• MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10316
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0469
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34388
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462
• MISChttp://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.405420
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/36096
• MISChttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=e56ccc8f0902181726i200f4bf0n20d919473ec409b7%40mail.gmail.com
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0007.html
• MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0325.html
• MISChttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35302
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33976
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35074
• MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48819
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34140
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1451
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
• MISChttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00272.html
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:083
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34464
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34272
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34210
• MISCftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png/src/libpng-1.2.34-ADVISORY.txt
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
• MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6458
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34265
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0046
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34145
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503912/100/0/threaded
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35379
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0473
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505990/100/0/threaded
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34143
• MISChttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00769.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1750
• MISChttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00771.html
• MISChttp://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.433952
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33970
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34137
• MISChttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000062.html
• MISChttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=1689&release_id=662441
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34462
• MISChttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-069.htm
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
• MISChttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00412.html
• MISChttp://downloads.sourceforge.net/libpng/libpng-1.2.34-ADVISORY.txt
• MISChttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/649212
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34324
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501767/100/0/threaded
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34152
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:075
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33990
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35258
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33827
• MISChttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172
• MISChttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:051
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34320
• MISChttp://support.avaya.com/japple/css/japple?temp.documentID=366362&temp.productID=154235&temp.releaseID=361845&temp.bucketID=126655&PAGE=Document