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Debian DSA-1021-1 : netpbm-free - insecure program execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 22563

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Max Vozeler from the Debian Audit Project discovered that pstopnm, a converter from Postscript to the PBM, PGM and PNM formats, launches Ghostscript in an insecure manner, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary shell commands, when converting specially crafted Postscript files.

Solution

Upgrade the netpbm package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 9.20-8.6.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 10.0-8sarge3.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319757

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1021

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22563

File Name: debian_DSA-1021.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:netpbm-free, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2471

DSA: 1021