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CVE-2008-1382

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2008-04-25 png -- unknown chunk processing uninitialized memory access

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2008-1382
Phase Assigned(20080318)

Description

libpng 1.0.6 through 1.0.32, 1.2.0 through 1.2.26, and 1.4.0beta01 through 1.4.0beta19 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PNG file with zero length "unknown" chunks, which trigger an access of uninitialized memory.

References

Source Reference
BUGTRAQ 20080414 [oCERT-2008-003] libpng zero-length chunks incorrect handling
BUGTRAQ 20080429 rPSA-2008-0151-1 libpng
BUGTRAQ 20090529 VMSA-2009-0007 VMware Hosted products and ESX and ESXi patches resolve security issues
MISC http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-003.html
CONFIRM http://libpng.sourceforge.net/Advisory-1.2.26.txt
CONFIRM http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0151
CONFIRM http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
CONFIRM http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0007.html
CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm
APPLE APPLE-SA-2008-09-15
APPLE APPLE-SA-2009-05-12
DEBIAN DSA-1750
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-3683
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-3937
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-3979
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-4847
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-4910
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-4947
GENTOO GLSA-200804-15
GENTOO GLSA-200805-10
GENTOO GLSA-200812-15
MANDRIVA MDVSA-2008:156
REDHAT RHSA-2009:0333
SLACKWARE SSA:2008-119-01
SUNALERT 259989
SUNALERT 1020521
SUSE SUSE-SR:2008:010
CERT TA08-260A
CERT TA09-133A
BID 28770
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10326
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6275
SECUNIA 34388
SECUNIA 35074
SECUNIA 35258
SECUNIA 35302
SECUNIA 35386
SECUNIA 34152
VUPEN ADV-2008-1225
VUPEN ADV-2008-2584
OSVDB 44364
SECTRACK 1019840
SECUNIA 29792
SECUNIA 29678
SECUNIA 29992
SECUNIA 29957
SECUNIA 30009
SECUNIA 30402
SECUNIA 30486
SECUNIA 31882
SECUNIA 30157
SECUNIA 30174
SECUNIA 33137
VUPEN ADV-2009-1297
VUPEN ADV-2009-1451
VUPEN ADV-2009-1462
VUPEN ADV-2009-1560
XF libpng-zero-length-code-execution(41800)