SB2017120413 - Fedora 27 update for optipng

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SB2017120413 - Fedora 27 update for optipng

Published: December 4, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2017120413
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000229)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Integer overflow bug in function minitiff_read_info() of optipng 0.7.6 allows an attacker to remotely execute code or cause denial of service.


2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16938)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

A global buffer overflow in OptiPNG 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service attack or other unspecified impact with a maliciously crafted GIF format file, related to an uncontrolled loop in the LZWReadByte function of the gifread.c file.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References