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Debian DSA-1579-1 : netpbm-free - insufficient input sanitizing

medium Nessus Plugin ID 32380

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in the GIF reader implementation in netpbm-free, a suite of image manipulation utilities. Insufficient input data validation could allow a maliciously-crafted GIF file to overrun a stack buffer, potentially permitting the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the netpbm packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2:10.0-11.1+etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1579

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 32380

File Name: debian_DSA-1579.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/19/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:netpbm-free, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0554

CWE: 119

DSA: 1579