Executive Summary

Summary
Title New netpbm-free packages fix arbitrary code execution
Informations
Name DSA-878 First vendor Publication 2005-10-28
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2005-10-28
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 1

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

A buffer overflow has been identified in the pnmtopng component of the netpbm package, a set of graphics conversion tools. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as a local user by providing a specially crafted PNM file.

The old stable distribution (woody) it not vulnerable to this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 10.0-8sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 10.0-10.

We recommend that you upgrade your netpbm-free packages.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-878

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

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