LibPNG Broken PNG Out Of Bounds Access Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:10244

Info

LibPNG Broken PNG Out Of Bounds Access Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10244
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2004-0421
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 30 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 11 2007 09:50PM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to Steve Grubb.
Vulnerable: Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 6.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 6.5
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 6.1
Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Advanced Server 6.0
Turbolinux Appliance Server Workgroup Edition 1.0
Turbolinux Appliance Server Hosting Edition 1.0
Trustix Secure Linux 2.1
Trustix Secure Linux 2.0
Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0
Redhat libpng10-devel-1.0.13-8.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 Redhat libpng10-devel-1.0.13-11.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 Redhat libpng10-1.0.13-8.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 Redhat libpng10-1.0.13-11.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 Redhat libpng-devel-1.2.2-20.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 Redhat libpng-devel-1.2.2-16.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 Redhat libpng-1.2.2-20.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 Redhat libpng-1.2.2-16.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Redhat Desktop 3.0
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1 IA64
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.0
OpenPKG OpenPKG 1.3
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
libpng libpng3 1.2.5
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc1
 + Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc1
 + Gentoo Linux 1.2
+ Gentoo Linux 1.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1
+ Redhat Fedora Core1
 + Slackware Linux 10.0
+ Slackware Linux 9.1
+ Slackware Linux 9.1
+ Slackware Linux 9.0
+ Slackware Linux 9.0
+ Slackware Linux -current
 + Slackware Linux -current
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
 libpng libpng3 1.2.4
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
 + MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
+ MandrakeSoft Multi Network Firewall 2.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ SuSE Linux 8.1
libpng libpng3 1.2.3
libpng libpng3 1.2.2
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
 libpng libpng3 1.2.1
+ Debian Linux 3.0
+ Debian Linux 3.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ Slackware Linux 8.1
libpng libpng3 1.2 .0
libpng libpng 1.0.14
+ Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
 libpng libpng 1.0.13
libpng libpng 1.0.12
- Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
- Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
- Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
- Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
+ Debian Linux 3.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ SuSE Linux 8.0
+ SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3
libpng libpng 1.0.11
libpng libpng 1.0.10
+ SuSE Linux 7.2
libpng libpng 1.0.9
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
libpng libpng 1.0.8
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
+ MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
 + SuSE Linux 7.1
- Ximian GNOME 1.4
libpng libpng 1.0.7
libpng libpng 1.0.6
libpng libpng 1.0.5
+ Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
 + Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 + Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 + Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 + MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
libpng libpng 1.0
+ SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
 + SuSE Linux 7.0
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8
Not Vulnerable: Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.5

Discussion

LibPNG Broken PNG Out Of Bounds Access Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The libpng graphics library is reported prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability when handling certain types of broken images.

Presumably, this issue will cause an access violation on certain systems if software that is linked to the vulnerable library is used to handle a malicious broken PNG image that is sufficient to trigger the vulnerability.

Exploit / POC

LibPNG Broken PNG Out Of Bounds Access Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

LibPNG Broken PNG Out Of Bounds Access Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Please see the referenced advisories for more information.


Redhat libpng10-1.0.13-11.i386.rpm

Redhat libpng10-devel-1.0.13-11.i386.rpm

Redhat libpng-devel-1.2.2-20.i386.rpm

Redhat libpng-1.2.2-20.i386.rpm

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0

libpng libpng 1.0.12

libpng libpng 1.0.5

libpng libpng 1.0.8

libpng libpng3 1.2.1

libpng libpng3 1.2.4

libpng libpng3 1.2.5

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0

References

LibPNG Broken PNG Out Of Bounds Access Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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