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Patrick Keshishian discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10087)
Thuan Pham discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-13785)
Patrick Keshishian discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10087)
Thuan Pham discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-13785)
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.04 bionic | libpng16-16 – 1.6.34-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 | ||
| 17.10 artful | libpng16-16 – 1.6.34-1ubuntu0.17.10.1 | ||
| 16.04 xenial | libpng12-0 – 1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1 | ||
| 14.04 trusty | libpng12-0 – 1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3 | ||
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