CentOS 4 : netpbm (CESA-2009:0012)

high Nessus Plugin ID 35650

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated netpbm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The netpbm package contains a library of functions for editing and converting between various graphics file formats, including .pbm (portable bitmaps), .pgm (portable graymaps), .pnm (portable anymaps), .ppm (portable pixmaps), and others.

An input validation flaw and multiple integer overflows were discovered in the JasPer library providing support for JPEG-2000 image format and used in the jpeg2ktopam and pamtojpeg2k converters. An attacker could create a carefully-crafted JPEG file which could cause jpeg2ktopam to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running jpeg2ktopam. (CVE-2007-2721, CVE-2008-3520)

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages which contain backported patches which resolve these issues.

Solution

Update the affected netpbm packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35650

File Name: centos_RHSA-2009-0012.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 2/12/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:netpbm-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:netpbm-progs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:netpbm

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2721, CVE-2008-3520

BID: 31470

CWE: 189

RHSA: 2009:0012

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