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RHEL 4 / 5 : netpbm (RHSA-2011:1811)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 57081
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for netpbm.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 / 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1811 advisory.The netpbm packages contain a library of functions which support programs for handling various graphics file formats, including .pbm (Portable Bit Map), .pgm (Portable Gray Map), .pnm (Portable Any Map), .ppm (Portable Pixel Map), and others.
Two heap-based buffer overflow flaws were found in the embedded JasPer library, which is used to provide support for Part 1 of the JPEG 2000 image compression standard in the jpeg2ktopam and pamtojpeg2k tools. An attacker could create a malicious JPEG 2000 compressed image file that could cause jpeg2ktopam to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running jpeg2ktopam. These flaws do not affect pamtojpeg2k. (CVE-2011-4516, CVE-2011-4517)
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the xpmtoppm tool processed X PixMap (XPM) image files. An attacker could create a malicious XPM file that would cause xpmtoppm to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running xpmtoppm.
(CVE-2009-4274)
Red Hat would like to thank Jonathan Foote of the CERT Coordination Center for reporting the CVE-2011-4516 and CVE-2011-4517 issues.
All users of netpbm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL netpbm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:1811.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?3504428b
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1811
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 57081
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1811.nasl
Version: 1.29
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/13/2011
Updated: 11/4/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-4274
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 9.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4517
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netpbm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netpbm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netpbm-progs
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2010