Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200510-18 (Netpbm) describes a vulnerability in the pnmtopng utility of the Netpbm tools, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. Users should upgrade to version 10.29
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 29 |
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![]() | GLSA-200510-18 : Netpbm: Buffer overflow in pnmtopng | 24 Oct 200500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-878-1 : netpbm-free - buffer overflow | 14 Oct 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : netpbm (MDKSA-2005:199) | 15 Jan 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CentOS 4 : netpbm (CESA-2005:793) | 5 Jul 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : netpbm-free vulnerability (USN-210-1) | 15 Jan 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | FreeBSD : netpbm -- buffer overflow in pnmtopng (ae9fb0d7-c4dc-11da-b2fb-000e0c2e438a) | 13 May 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 4 : netpbm (RHSA-2005:793) | 19 Oct 200500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200510-18 (Netpbm) | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | SLES9: Security update for netpbm | 10 Oct 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 878-1 (netpbm-free) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
Source | Link |
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securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/15128 |
securityspace | www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html |
bugs | www.bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55713");
script_version("2023-07-14T16:09:26+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-14 16:09:26 +0000 (Fri, 14 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2978");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200510-18 (Netpbm)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The pnmtopng utility, part of the Netpbm tools, contains a vulnerability
which can potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"All Netpbm users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/netpbm-10.29'");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200510-18");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15128");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109705");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200510-18.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"media-libs/netpbm", unaffected: make_list("ge 10.29"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 10.29"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
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