USN-2951-1: OptiPNG vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2951-1 18th April, 2016 optipng vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 15.10 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary OptiPNG could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software description optipng – advanced PNG (Portable Network Graphics) optimizer Details Gustavo Grieco discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remoteattacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to causeOptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7801) Gustavo Grieco discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remoteattacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to causeOptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7802) Hans Jerry Illikainen discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. Aremote attacker could use this issue with [ more… ]