Oracle Linux 5 : netpbm (ELSA-2009-0012)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67788

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2009-0012 advisory.

[10.35-6.1.el5_3.1]
- fix NVR to be greater than previous release in the main branch Related: #472947

[10.35-6.el5_3.1]
- fix CVE-2007-2721 and CVE-2008-3520 libjasper issues (#472947) Resolves: #472947

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 affected netpbm, netpbm-devel and / or netpbm-progs packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2009-0012.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67788

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0012.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-3520

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-2721

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:netpbm-progs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:netpbm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:netpbm-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

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

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

RHSA: 2009:0012