Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2005-2978 First vendor Publication 2005-10-18
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-03

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

pnmtopng in netpbm before 10.25, when using the -trans option, uses uninitialized size and index variables when converting Portable Anymap (PNM) images to Portable Network Graphics (PNG), which might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the stack.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2978

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10135
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10135
Title: pnmtopng in netpbm before 10.25, when using the -trans option, uses uninitialized size and index variables when converting Portable Anymap (PNM) images to Portable Network Graphics (PNG), which might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the stack.
Description: pnmtopng in netpbm before 10.25, when using the -trans option, uses uninitialized size and index variables when converting Portable Anymap (PNM) images to Portable Network Graphics (PNG), which might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the stack.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-2978
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 25

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for netpbm
File : nvt/sles9p5010678.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200510-18 (Netpbm)
File : nvt/glsa_200510_18.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: netpbm
File : nvt/freebsd_netpbm.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 878-1 (netpbm-free)
File : nvt/deb_878_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
20068 Netpbm pnmtopng closestColorInPalette() Function Arbitrary Code Execution

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-10-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-878.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-05 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-793.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-05-13 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_ae9fb0d7c4dc11dab2fb000e0c2e438a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-199.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-210-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-24 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200510-18.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-19 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-793.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15128
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-878
GENTOO http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml
MISC https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-793.html
SECTRACK http://securitytracker.com/id?1015071
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/17221
http://secunia.com/advisories/17222
http://secunia.com/advisories/17256
http://secunia.com/advisories/17265
http://secunia.com/advisories/17282
http://secunia.com/advisories/17357
SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html
UBUNTU https://usn.ubuntu.com/210-1/
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2133

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