NetPBM 9.20 integer coercion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in NetPBM 9.20. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to integer coercion. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0146. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NetPBM 9.20 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple vulnerabilities in NetPBM 9.20 and earlier, and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via "maths overflow errors" such as (1) integer signedness errors or (2) integer overflows, which lead to buffer overflows.

The bug was discovered 02/28/2003. The weakness was shared 03/31/2003 by Al Viro as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0146. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 25 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14020 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : netpbm (MDKSA-2003:036)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115022 (Red Hat NetPBM Package Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11463), Tenable (14020), SecurityFocus (BID 6979†), OSVDB (4810†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7698†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 14020
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : netpbm (MDKSA-2003:036)
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OpenVAS ID: 53334
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 263-1 (netpbm-free)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/31/2003 +6 days 🔍
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08/08/2014 +3390 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Al Viro
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0146 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0146
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20264
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X-Force: 11463
SecurityFocus: 6979 - Multiple Netpbm Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 4810 - Netpbm multiple buffer overflows
Vulnerability Center: 7698 - Multiple Buffer Overflows in Netpbm 9.5 - 10.14 Allow DoS and Code Execution, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2014 12:19
Updated: 08/24/2025 18:55
Changes: 08/08/2014 12:19 (69), 05/31/2019 18:25 (5), 11/18/2024 11:41 (17), 08/24/2025 18:55 (2)
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