The pm_mallocarray2 function in lib/util/mallocvar.c in Netpbm through 10.81.03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, as demonstrated by pbmmask.

The remote Fedora 32 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-f62099fe51 advisory.

  - The pm_mallocarray2 function in lib/util/mallocvar.c in Netpbm through 10.81.03 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, as demonstrated by     pbmmask. (CVE-2018-8975)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 33 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-df9ede6a02 advisory.

  - The pm_mallocarray2 function in lib/util/mallocvar.c in Netpbm through 10.81.03 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, as demonstrated by     pbmmask. (CVE-2018-8975)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the netpbm packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - The pm_mallocarray2 function in lib/util/mallocvar.c in     Netpbm through 10.81.03 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read)     via a crafted image file, as demonstrated by     pbmmask.(CVE-2018-8975)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the version of the netpbm packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - The pm_mallocarray2 function in lib/util/mallocvar.c in     Netpbm through 10.81.03 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read)     via a crafted image file, as demonstrated by     pbmmask.(CVE-2018-8975)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the netpbm packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A memory allocation vulnerability was found in netpbm     before 10.61. A maliciously crafted SVG file could     cause the application to crash.(CVE-2017-2587)

  - A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in     netpbm before 10.61. A maliciously crafted SVG file     could cause the application to crash.(CVE-2017-2586)

  - The pm_mallocarray2 function in lib/util/mallocvar.c in     Netpbm through 10.81.03 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read)     via a crafted image file, as demonstrated by     pbmmask.(CVE-2018-8975)

  - tiffttopnm in netpbm 10.47.63 does not properly use the     libtiff TIFFRGBAImageGet function, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and write) via a crafted tiff image file, related     to transposing width and height values.(CVE-2017-5849)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the netpbm packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The pm_mallocarray2 function in lib/util/mallocvar.c in     Netpbm through 10.81.03 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read)     via a crafted image file, as demonstrated by     pbmmask.(CVE-2018-8975)

  - tiffttopnm in netpbm 10.47.63 does not properly use the     libtiff TIFFRGBAImageGet function, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and write) via a crafted tiff image file, related     to transposing width and height values.(CVE-2017-5849)

  - A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in     netpbm before 10.61. A maliciously crafted SVG file     could cause the application to crash.(CVE-2017-2586)

  - A memory allocation vulnerability was found in netpbm     before 10.61. A maliciously crafted SVG file could     cause the application to crash.(CVE-2017-2587)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the version of the netpbm packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - The netpbm package contains a library of functions     which support programs for handling various graphics     file formats, including .pbm (portable bitmaps), .pgm     (portable graymaps), .pnm (portable anymaps),.ppm     (portable pixmaps) and others.Security Fix(es):The     pm_mallocarray2 function in lib/util/mallocvar.c in     Netpbm through 10.81.03 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read)     via a crafted image file, as demonstrated by     pbmmask.(CVE-2018-8975)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for netpbm fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-8975: The pm_mallocarray2 function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file (bsc#1086777).

CVE-2017-2579: Fixed out-of-bounds read in expandCodeOntoStack() (bsc#1024288).

CVE-2017-2580: Fixed out-of-bounds write of heap data in addPixelToRaster() function (bsc#1024291).

create netpbm-vulnerable subpackage and move pstopnm there (bsc#1136936)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for netpbm fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2018-8975: The pm_mallocarray2 function allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file     (bsc#1086777).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

This update for netpbm fixes the following issues :

CVE-2018-8975: The pm_mallocarray2 function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file (bsc#1086777).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
146137	Fedora 32 : netpbm (2021-f62099fe51)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
145722	Fedora 33 : netpbm (2021-df9ede6a02)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
135632	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.2 : netpbm (EulerOS-SA-2020-1470)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
134544	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : netpbm (EulerOS-SA-2020-1255)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
132170	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : netpbm (EulerOS-SA-2019-2635)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
131580	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : netpbm (EulerOS-SA-2019-2426)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
130882	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : netpbm (EulerOS-SA-2019-2173)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
126168	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : netpbm (SUSE-SU-2019:1645-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
124054	openSUSE Security Update : netpbm (openSUSE-2019-1200)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
123748	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : netpbm (SUSE-SU-2019:0855-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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