CVE-2010-2249 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2010-2249: Memory leak in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.44, and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a PNG image containing malformed Physical Scale (aka sCAL) chunks.

Affects 2 Linux releases across 2 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2010-2249 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

tuxonice-userui→ fixed in1.0-1urgency: unimportant

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y tuxonice-userui

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

tuxonice-userui→ fixed in1.0-1urgency: unimportant

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y tuxonice-userui

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