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Debian: CVE-2020-27818: pngcheck -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-27818: pngcheck -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/08/2020
Created
06/01/2022
Added
05/31/2022
Modified
05/31/2022

Description

A flaw was found in the check_chunk_name() function of pngcheck-2.4.0. An attacker able to pass a malicious file to be processed by pngcheck could cause a temporary denial of service, posing a low risk to application availability.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-pngcheck

References

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