gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200510-18">
  <title>Netpbm: Buffer overflow in pnmtopng</title>
  <synopsis>
    The pnmtopng utility, part of the Netpbm tools, contains a vulnerability
    which can potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">Netpbm</product>
  <announced>October 20, 2005</announced>
  <revised>May 28, 2009: 06</revised>
  <bug>109705</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-libs/netpbm" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">10.29</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">10.26.32</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">10.26.33</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">10.26.42</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">10.26.43</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">10.26.44</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">10.26.48</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">10.26.49</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">10.26.52</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">10.26.53</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">10.26.59</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">10.26.61</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">10.29</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Netpbm is a package of 220 graphics programs and a programming library,
    including pnmtopng, a tool to convert PNM image files to the PNG
    format.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    RedHat reported that pnmtopng is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    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.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Netpbm users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose media-libs/netpbm</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2978">CAN-2005-2978</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 15 Oct 2005 09:38:18 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 20 Oct 2005 07:38:22 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>