CVE-2010-0205 Information

Description

The png_decompress_chunk function in pngrutil.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.53 1.2.x before 1.2.43 and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 does not properly handle compressed ancillary-chunk data that has a disproportionately large uncompressed representation which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption and application hang) via a crafted PNG file as demonstrated by use of the deflate compression method on data composed of many occurrences of the same character related to a \decompression bomb\ attack.

Reference

http://libpng.sourceforge.net/ADVISORY-1.4.1.html http://libpng.sourceforge.net/decompression_bombs.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037237.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037355.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037364.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037607.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.html http://osvdb.org/62670 http://secunia.com/advisories/38774 http://secunia.com/advisories/39251 http://secunia.com/advisories/41574 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-913-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2032 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/576029 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:063 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:064 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38478 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023674 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0517 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0605 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0626 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0637 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0667 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0682 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0686 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0847 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2491 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56661