USN-2861-1: libpng vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 15.10
• Ubuntu 15.04
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• libpng - PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file library

Details

It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain small bit-depth
values. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into
opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause
a denial of service or execute code with the privileges of the user
invoking the program. (CVE-2015-8472)

Qixue Xiao and Chen Yu discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain
malformed images. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked
into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8540)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 15.10

• libpng12-0 - 1.2.51-0ubuntu3.15.10.2

Ubuntu 15.04

• libpng12-0 - 1.2.51-0ubuntu3.15.04.2

Ubuntu 14.04

• libpng12-0 - 1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2

Ubuntu 12.04

• libpng12-0 - 1.2.46-3ubuntu4.2

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2015-8472
• CVE-2015-8540