Conectiva Linux Advisory: netpbm

DESCRIPTION

The netpbm package contains a library of functions and a set of basic tools to manipulate various graphics file formats, including pbm, pgm, pnm, ppm and others.

Alan Cox and Al Viro discovered[1] several "math overflow" vulnerabilities in netpbm versions <= 9.20. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by attackers using specially crafted images. Successful exploitation can lead to denial of service conditions or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running the affected program.

The netpbm packages included in this update announcement are based on netpbm version 9.20 and contain a patch to fix the aforementioned vulnerabilities.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CAN-2003-0146 to this issue[2].

SOLUTION

All netpbm users should upgrade.

REFERENCES:

1. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104644687816522&w=2
2. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0146

UPDATED PACKAGES

ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/libnetpbm9-9.20-1U80_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/libnetpbm9-devel-9.20-1U80_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/libnetpbm9-devel-static-9.20-1U80_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/netpbm-9.20-1U80_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/netpbm-9.20-1U80_1cl.src.rpm

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS

The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

• run: apt-get update
• after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en