564244 – (CVE-2015-7981) <media-libs/libpng-1.2.54: out of bounds read (CVE-2015-7981)

Bug 564244 (CVE-2015-7981) - <media-libs/libpng-1.2.54: out of bounds read (CVE-2015-7981)

Summary: <media-libs/libpng-1.2.54: out of bounds read (CVE-2015-7981)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2015-7981

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-sec...
Whiteboard:	A3 [glsa cve]
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Depends on:	CVE-2015-8126
Blocks:
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Reported:	2015-10-27 08:41 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified:	2016-11-15 07:40 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2015-10-27 08:41:45 UTC

From ${URL} :

there is a memory read out of bound in libpng 1.2.* and 1.4.* , which is used in many operate systems and applications. 
it may leak information in the application .


this bug has been accepted and fixed in LIBPNG :
http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/bugs/241/



@maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.

Comment 1 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2016-11-15 07:40:40 UTC

This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201611-08 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-08
by GLSA coordinator Aaron Bauman (b-man).