CVE-2017-12652 Denial of service in n/a
Critical 9.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-12652 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2017-12652 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Libpng Libpng, published on 10 Jul 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12652 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Libpng Libpng. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12652/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12652/index.md)
An attacker can cause a denial of service by providing a crafted PNG file that bypasses chunk length checks in libpng.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-12652?
CVE-2017-12652 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Libpng Libpng, published on 10 Jul 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
libpng before 1.6.32 does not properly check the length of chunks against the user limit.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12652?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (24)
libpng Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 2:1.5.13-8.el7 |
libpng-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 2:1.5.13-8.el7 |
libpng-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 2:1.5.13-8.el7 |
libpng-static Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 2:1.5.13-8.el7 |
libpng Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 2:1.5.13-8.el7 |
libpng-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 2:1.5.13-8.el7 |
libpng-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 2:1.5.13-8.el7 |
libpng-static Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 2:1.5.13-8.el7 |
libpng Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 2:1.5.13-8.el7 |
libpng-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 2:1.5.13-8.el7 |
libpng-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 2:1.5.13-8.el7 |
libpng-static Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 2:1.5.13-8.el7 |
libpng Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 2:1.5.13-8.el7 |
libpng-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 2:1.5.13-8.el7 |
libpng-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 2:1.5.13-8.el7 |
libpng-static Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 2:1.5.13-8.el7 |
libpng12 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | All versions | 1.2.50-20.3.2 |
libpng12 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | All versions | 1.2.50-20.3.2 |
libpng15 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | All versions | 1.5.22-10.4.1 |
libpng12 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | All versions | 1.2.50-20.3.2 |
libpng12 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | All versions | 1.2.50-20.3.2 |
libpng15 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | All versions | 1.5.22-10.4.1 |
libpng12 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 | All versions | 1.2.50-20.3.2 |
libpng12 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | All versions | 1.2.50-20.3.2 |
Products include Libpng Libpng, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2017-12652?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-12652 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12652 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as AZL-43468, AZL-43573, AZL-44469, AZL-44973, AZL-45045, AZL-45102 and 6 more.