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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in netpbm. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
pnmtopng in netpbm before 10.25, when using the -trans option, uses uninitialized size and index variables when converting Portable Anymap (PNM) images to Portable Network Graphics (PNG), which might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the stack.
The bug was discovered 10/19/2005. The weakness was presented 10/18/2005 with Ubuntu as Bug 168278 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-2978 since 09/19/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22744 (Debian DSA-878-1 : netpbm-free - buffer overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 10.25 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22783) and Tenable (22744).
Product
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Version
- 10.0
- 10.1
- 10.2
- 10.3
- 10.4
- 10.5
- 10.6
- 10.7
- 10.8
- 10.9
- 10.10
- 10.11
- 10.12
- 10.13
- 10.14
- 10.15
- 10.16
- 10.17
- 10.18
- 10.19
- 10.20
- 10.21
- 10.22
- 10.23
- 10.24
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 22744
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-878-1 : netpbm-free - buffer overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 55753
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 878-1 (netpbm-free)
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Upgrade: netpbm 10.25
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Sources
Advisory: Bug 168278Organization: Ubuntu
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2005-2978 (🔍)
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X-Force: 22783
SecurityTracker: 1015071
Vulnerability Center: 9459 - netpbm pnmtopng Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 15128 - NetPBM PNMToPNG Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 17221 - NetPBM "pnmtopng" Stack Corruption Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 20068 - CVE-2005-2978 - Netpbm - Code Execution Issue
Vupen: ADV-2005-2133
Entry
Created: 03/11/2015 23:39Updated: 06/10/2019 16:31
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (83), 06/10/2019 16:31 (4)
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