Debian Security Advisory

DSA-878-1 netpbm-free -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
28 Oct 2005
Affected Packages:
netpbm-free
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2978.
More information:

A buffer overflow has been identified in the pnmtopng component of the netpbm package, a set of graphics conversion tools. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as a local user by providing a specially crafted PNM file.

The old stable distribution (woody) it not vulnerable to this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 10.0-8sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 10.0-10.

We recommend that you upgrade your netpbm-free packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm-free_10.0-8sarge1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm-free_10.0-8sarge1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm-free_10.0.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.