Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-1904
Advisory Release Date: 2023-01-18 00:16 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-01-20 23:30 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read. (CVE-2015-8540)
Affected Packages:
libpng
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update libpng to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
libpng-1.5.13-8.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
libpng-devel-1.5.13-8.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
libpng-static-1.5.13-8.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
libpng-debuginfo-1.5.13-8.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
i686:
libpng-1.5.13-8.amzn2.0.1.i686
libpng-devel-1.5.13-8.amzn2.0.1.i686
libpng-static-1.5.13-8.amzn2.0.1.i686
libpng-debuginfo-1.5.13-8.amzn2.0.1.i686
src:
libpng-1.5.13-8.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
libpng-1.5.13-8.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
libpng-devel-1.5.13-8.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
libpng-static-1.5.13-8.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
libpng-debuginfo-1.5.13-8.amzn2.0.1.x86_64