USN-210-1: netpbm vulnerability
18 October 2005
netpbm vulnerability
Releases
Details
A buffer overflow was found in the "pnmtopng" conversion program. By
tricking an user (or automated system) to process a specially crafted
PNM image with pnmtopng, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user running pnmtopng.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 5.10
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netpbm
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Ubuntu 5.04
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netpbm
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Ubuntu 4.10
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netpbm
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In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.