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Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : netpbm-free vulnerability (USN-210-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20628

Synopsis

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

Description

A buffer overflow was found in the 'pnmtopng' conversion program. By tricking an user (or automated system) to process a specially crafted PNM image with pnmtopng, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running pnmtopng.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20628

File Name: ubuntu_USN-210-1.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

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: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10, 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

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2978

USN: 210-1