__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN netpbm-free -- buffer overflows [DSA-904-1] November 21, 2005 19:00 GMT Number Q-058 [REVISED 20 Dec 2005] [REVISED 19 Jan 2006] ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: Several buffer overflows in pnmtopng which is also included in netpbm, a collection of graphic conversion utilities, can lead to the execution of arbitrary code via a specially crafted PNM file. PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody) Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge) SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3 DAMAGE: Can lead to the execution of arbitrary code via a specially crafted PNM file. SOLUTION: Apply current patches. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. May allow an attacker to execute arbitrary ASSESSMENT: code. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/q-058.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.us.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-904 ADDITIONAL LINKS: RED HAT Security Advisory RHSA-2005:843-8 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-843.html SGI Security Update #53, Number 20060101-01-U http://www.sgi.com/support/security/advisories.html CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2005-3632 ______________________________________________________________________________ REVISION HISTORY: 12/20/05 - added link to Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:843-8. 01/19/06 - added link to SGI's Security Update #53 that provides Patch 10258 for SGI ProPack 3 Service Pack 6. [***** Start DSA-904-1 *****] DSA-904-1 netpbm-free -- buffer overflows Date Reported: 21 Nov 2005 Affected Packages: netpbm-free Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3632. More information: Greg Roelofs discovered and fixed several buffer overflows in pnmtopng which is also included in netpbm, a collection of graphic conversion utilities, that can lead to the execution of arbitrary code via a specially crafted PNM file. For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 9.20-8.5. For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 10.0-8sarge2. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed in version 10.0-11. We recommend that you upgrade your netpbm package. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm-free_9.20-8.5.dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm-free_9.20-8.5.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm-free_9.20.orig.tar.gz Alpha: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.5_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.5_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.5_alpha.deb ARM: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.5_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.5_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.5_arm.deb Intel IA-32: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.5_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.5_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.5_i386.deb Intel IA-64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.5_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.5_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.5_ia64.deb HPPA: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.5_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.5_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.5_hppa.deb Motorola 680x0: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.5_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.5_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.5_m68k.deb Big endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.5_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.5_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.5_mips.deb Little endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.5_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.5_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.5_mipsel.deb PowerPC: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.5_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.5_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.5_powerpc.deb IBM S/390: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.5_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.5_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.5_s390.deb Sun Sparc: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.5_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.5_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.5_sparc.deb Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm-free_10.0-8sarge2.dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm-free_10.0-8sarge2.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_10.0-8sarge2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge2_alpha.deb AMD64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge2_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge2_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge2_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge2_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge2_amd64.deb ARM: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge2_arm.deb Intel IA-32: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge2_i386.deb Intel IA-64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge2_ia64.deb HPPA: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge2_hppa.deb Motorola 680x0: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge2_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge2_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge2_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge2_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge2_m68k.deb Big endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge2_mips.deb Little endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge2_mipsel.deb PowerPC: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge2_powerpc.deb IBM S/390: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge2_s390.deb Sun Sparc: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-8sarge2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-8sarge2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-8sarge2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-8sarge2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-8sarge2_sparc.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. 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