Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : netpbm-free vulnerability (USN-164-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20570

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Max Vozeler discovered that the the 'pstopnm' conversion tool did not use the -dSAFER option when calling ghostscript. This option prohibits file operations and calling commands within PostScript code. This flaw could be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code if he tricked an user (or an automatic server) into processing a specially crafted PostScript document with pstopnm.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20570

File Name: ubuntu_USN-164-1.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 1/15/2006

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnetpbm9-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnetpbm9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnetpbm10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnetpbm10-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:netpbm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2471

BID: 14379

USN: 164-1

Detections

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