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CVE-2007-5268

Publication date 8 October 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

pngrtran.c in libpng before 1.0.29 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 use (1) logical instead of bitwise operations and (2) incorrect comparisons, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PNG image.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libpng 8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.2.15~beta5-3ubuntu0.1
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 1.2.15~beta5-2ubuntu0.1
7.04 feisty
Fixed 1.2.15~beta5-1ubuntu1.1
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

jdstrand

given medium because of wide install base bug (1) is said to have been introduced in 1.2.19. Looking at pngrtran.c in 1.2.8 and 1.2.15 (as included in Ubuntu), the vulnerable code is not present bug (2) still applies to 1.2.15, but not 1.2.8 reducing to negligible as pngset.c change should not do anything

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-538-1
    • libpng vulnerabilities
    • 25 October 2007
    • USN-730-1
    • libpng vulnerabilities
    • 6 March 2009

Other references