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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-12652: Security patch for libpng (ALAS-2020-1528)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-12652: Security patch for libpng (ALAS-2020-1528)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/10/2019
Created
10/28/2020
Added
10/28/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

libpng before 1.6.32 does not properly check the length of chunks against the user limit.

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

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