GLSA-200510-18 : Netpbm: Buffer overflow in pnmtopng

high Nessus Plugin ID 20080

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200510-18 (Netpbm: Buffer overflow in pnmtopng)

RedHat reported that pnmtopng is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.
Impact :

An attacker could craft a malicious PNM file and entice a user to run pnmtopng on it, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running pnmtopng.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Netpbm users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose media-libs/netpbm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20080

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200510-18.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 10/24/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

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:gentoo:linux:netpbm, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2978

BID: 15128

GLSA: 200510-18

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