OptiPNG: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — GLSA 200903-12

A vulnerability in OptiPNG might result in user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.

Affected packages

media-gfx/optipng on all architectures
Affected versions < 0.6.2-r1
Unaffected versions >= 0.6.2-r1

Background

OptiPNG is a PNG optimizer that recompresses image files to a smaller size, without losing any information.

Description

Roy Tam reported a use-after-free vulnerability in the GIFReadNextExtension() function in lib/pngxtern/gif/gifread.c leading to a memory corruption when reading a GIF image.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted GIF image, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All OptiPNG users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/optipng-0.6.2-r1"

References

Release date
March 09, 2009

Latest revision
March 09, 2009: 01

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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