USN-3712-1: libpng vulnerabilities
11 July 2018
Several security issues were fixed in libpng.
Releases
Packages
Details
Patrick Keshishian discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10087)
Thuan Pham discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-13785)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 17.10
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-3712-2: libpng, libpng12-0