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Debian DSA-2026-1 : netpbm-free - stack-based buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 45407

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Synopsis

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

Description

Marc Schoenefeld discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the XPM reader implementation in netpbm-free, a suite of image manipulation utilities. An attacker could 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.

Solution

Upgrade the netpbm-free package.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2:10.0-12+lenny1.

Due to a problem with the archive system it is not possible to release all architectures. The missing architectures will be installed into the archive once they become available.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=569060

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2026

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 45407

File Name: debian_DSA-2026.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/3/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:debian:debian_linux:netpbm-free, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4274

BID: 38164

CWE: 119

DSA: 2026