DSA-4058-1 optipng -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4058-1 optipng -- security update

Date Reported:

08 Dec 2017

Affected Packages:

optipng

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 878839, Bug 882032.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-16938, CVE-2017-1000229.

More information:

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in optipng, an advanced PNG optimizer, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed file is processed.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 0.7.5-1+deb8u2.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.7.6-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your optipng packages.

For the detailed security status of optipng please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/optipng