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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : netpbm (MDVSA-2010:039)

high Nessus Plugin ID 44650

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability have been discovered and corrected in netpbm :

Stack-based buffer overflow in converter/ppm/xpmtoppm.c in netpbm before 10.47.07 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an XPM image file that contains a crafted header field associated with a large color index value (CVE-2009-4274).

Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers.

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 44650

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2010-039.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 2/18/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64netpbm-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libnetpbm10, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:netpbm, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64netpbm-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64netpbm10, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libnetpbm-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libnetpbm-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4274

BID: 38164

CWE: 119

MDVSA: 2010:039