USN-5236-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5236-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5236-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5236-1

Related

Published

2022-01-19T13:43:30.696189Z

Modified

2022-01-19T13:43:30.696189Z

Summary

A security issue was fixed in pngcrush

Details

Brian Carpenter discovered that pngcrush incorrectly handled specially crafted file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / pngcrush

Package

Name: pngcrush
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pngcrush@1.7.85-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.7.85-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.7.85-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.85-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "pngcrush"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.85-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "pngcrush-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}