Greg Roelofs libpng up to 1.2.5 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Greg Roelofs libpng up to 1.2.5. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2004-0768. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Greg Roelofs libpng up to 1.2.5 (Image Processing Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

libpng 1.2.5 and earlier does not properly calculate certain buffer offsets, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack.

The bug was discovered 08/04/2004. The weakness was published 10/20/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0768 since 08/03/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 77 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35107 (GLSA-200812-15 : POV-Ray: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16914), Tenable (35107), SecurityFocus (BID 18698†), OSVDB (10711†) and Secunia (SA33137†). Similar entry is available at VDB-31116. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 35107
Nessus Name: GLSA-200812-15 : POV-Ray: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
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OpenVAS ID: 53226
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 536-1 (libpng)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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10/20/2004 +77 days 🔍
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06/28/2006 +374 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0768 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0768
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22315
X-Force: 16914
SecurityFocus: 18698 - Libpng Graphics Library Chunk Error Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 33137 - Gentoo update for povray, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 10711 - LibPNG Graphics Library - Unspecified Remote Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 8385 - Buffer Overflow in LibPNG 1.2.0 - 1.2.5 via Improper Calculation of Offsets, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:21
Updated: 06/02/2019 16:29
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:21 (75), 06/02/2019 16:29 (8)
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