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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2015-8540: Security patch for libpng (ALAS-2023-1904)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2015-8540: Security patch for libpng (ALAS-2023-1904)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/14/2016
Created
01/25/2023
Added
01/24/2023
Modified
01/24/2023

Description

Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libpng
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libpng-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libpng-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libpng-static

References

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