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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2011-2691

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2011-2691

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/17/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/12/2013
Modified
08/10/2020

Description

The png_err function in pngerror.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 makes a function call using a NULL pointer argument instead of an empty-string argument, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PNG image.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libpng
  • suse-upgrade-libpng-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libpng-64bit
  • suse-upgrade-libpng-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpng-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libpng-devel-64bit
  • suse-upgrade-libpng-x86
  • suse-upgrade-libpng12-0
  • suse-upgrade-libpng12-0-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libpng12-compat-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpng12-compat-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libpng12-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpng12-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libpng14-14
  • suse-upgrade-libpng14-14-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libpng14-compat-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpng14-compat-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libpng14-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpng14-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-sap-aio-release

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