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Debian DSA-904-1 : netpbm-free - buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22770

Synopsis

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

Description

Greg Roelofs discovered and fixed several buffer overflows in pnmtopng which is also included in netpbm, a collection of graphic conversion utilities, that can lead to the execution of arbitrary code via a specially crafted PNM file.

Solution

Upgrade the netpbm package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 9.20-8.5.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 10.0-8sarge2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-904

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22770

File Name: debian_DSA-904.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3632, CVE-2005-3662

DSA: 904