libpng up to 1.2.14 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in libpng up to 1.2.14. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-2042. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in libpng up to 1.2.14 (Image Processing Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

libpng before 1.2.37 does not properly parse 1-bit interlaced images with width values that are not divisible by 8, which causes libpng to include uninitialized bits in certain rows of a PNG file and might allow remote attackers to read portions of sensitive memory via "out-of-bounds pixels" in the file.

The bug was discovered 06/04/2009. The weakness was disclosed 06/12/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-2042 since 06/12/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68063 (Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : libpng (ELSA-2010-0534)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117774 (VMware Hosted Products, vCenter Server and ESX Multiple Security Issues (VMSA-2010-0007)).

Upgrading to version 1.2.15 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50966), Tenable (68063), SecurityFocus (BID 35233†), OSVDB (54915†) and Secunia (SA35346†). The entries VDB-48981, VDB-48626, VDB-48432 and VDB-48431 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 68063
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : libpng (ELSA-2010-0534)
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OpenVAS ID: 67267
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2032-1 (libpng)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: libpng 1.2.15

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09/06/2019 +1634 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-2042 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2042
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48587

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X-Force: 50966
SecurityFocus: 35233 - Libpng 1-bit Interlaced Images Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 35346
OSVDB: 54915 - Libpng - 1-bit Interlaced Images Information Disclosure Issue
Vulnerability Center: 22639 - Libpng < 1.2.37 Out-of-Bounds Pixels Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1510

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/06/2019 16:16
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (79), 09/06/2019 16:16 (8)
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Cache ID: 216:785:103

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