CVE-2020-27818
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2020-27818 |
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| State | PUBLIC |
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| Assigner | [email protected] |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2020-12-08 01:15:00 UTC |
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| Updated | 2023-11-07 03:21:00 UTC |
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| Description | A flaw was found in the check_chunk_name() function of pngcheck-2.4.0. An attacker able to pass a malicious file to be processed by pngcheck could cause a temporary denial of service, posing a low risk to application availability. |
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NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| FEDORA-EPEL-2020-6c93c61069
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security update for pngcheck
— Fedora Updates System |
MISC |
bodhi.fedoraproject.org |
Third Party Advisory |
| FEDORA-2020-23432b7b72
—
security update for pngcheck
— Fedora Updates System |
MISC |
bodhi.fedoraproject.org |
Third Party Advisory |
| FEDORA-2020-27b168926a
—
security update for pngcheck
— Fedora Updates System |
MISC |
bodhi.fedoraproject.org |
Third Party Advisory |
| FEDORA-EPEL-2020-339db397ad
—
security update for pngcheck
— Fedora Updates System |
MISC |
bodhi.fedoraproject.org |
Third Party Advisory |
| 1902011 – (CVE-2020-27818) CVE-2020-27818 pngcheck: global buffer overflow was discovered in check_chunk_name function via crafted pngfile |
CONFIRM |
bugzilla.redhat.com |
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| FEDORA-2020-4349e95c4f
—
security update for pngcheck
— Fedora Updates System |
MISC |
bodhi.fedoraproject.org |
Third Party Advisory |
| FEDORA-2020-04d5e1ce26
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unspecified update for pngcheck
— Fedora Updates System |
MISC |
bodhi.fedoraproject.org |
Third Party Advisory |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 3032-1] pngcheck security update |
MLIST |
lists.debian.org |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 179329 Debian Security Update for pngcheck (DLA 3032-1)
- 199433 Ubuntu Security Notification for pngcheck Vulnerabilities (USN-6182-1)
- 750504 OpenSUSE Security Update for pngcheck (openSUSE-SU-2020:2198-1)
- 750513 OpenSUSE Security Update for pngcheck (openSUSE-SU-2020:2177-1)
