RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : netpbm (RHSA-2008:0131)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31305

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated netpbm packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The netpbm package contains a library of functions for editing and converting between various graphics file formats, including .pbm (portable bitmaps), .pgm (portable graymaps), .pnm (portable anymaps), .ppm (portable pixmaps) and others. The package includes no interactive tools and is primarily used by other programs (eg CGI scripts that manage website images).

An input validation flaw was discovered in the GIF-to-PNM converter (giftopnm) shipped with the netpbm package. An attacker could create a carefully crafted GIF file which could cause giftopnm to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user running giftopnm.
(CVE-2008-0554)

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages which contain a backported patch which resolves this issue.

Solution

Update the affected netpbm, netpbm-devel and / or netpbm-progs packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-0554

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0131

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31305

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0131.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/28/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netpbm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netpbm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netpbm-progs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.6

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0554

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2008:0131