DSA-5300-1 pngcheck -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5300-1 pngcheck -- security update

Date Reported:

12 Dec 2022

Affected Packages:

pngcheck

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-35511.

More information:

Multiple security issues were discovered in pngcheck, a tool to verify the integrity of PNG, JNG and MNG files, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.3-1~deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your pngcheck packages.

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