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SUSE: CVE-2016-3981: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-3981: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/18/2016
Modified
01/26/2018

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the bmp_read_rows function in pngxrbmp.c in OptiPNG before 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image file.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-optipng
  • suse-upgrade-optipng-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-optipng-debugsource

References

  • DSA-3546
  • USN-2951-1
  • GLSA-201608-01
  • CVE-2016-3981

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