Greg Roelofs pnmtopng 2.37.3/2.37.4/2.37.5/2.37.6/2.38 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Greg Roelofs pnmtopng 2.37.3/2.37.4/2.37.5/2.37.6/2.38. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-3662. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Greg Roelofs pnmtopng 2.37.3/2.37.4/2.37.5/2.37.6/2.38. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Off-by-one buffer overflow in pnmtopng before 2.39, when using the -alpha command line option (Alphas_Of_Color), allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNM file with exactly 256 colors.

The bug was discovered 11/21/2005. The weakness was published 11/17/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-3662 since 11/18/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21874 (CentOS 3 : netpbm (CESA-2005:843)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117781 (CentOS Security Update for netpbm (CESA-2005:843)).

Upgrading to version 2.39 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23159), Tenable (21874), SecurityFocus (BID 15427†), OSVDB (20838†) and Secunia (SA17544†). Similar entry is available at VDB-27010. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21874
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : netpbm (CESA-2005:843)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: pnmtopng 2.39

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11/15/2005 🔍
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11/17/2005 +2 days 🔍
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11/18/2005 +1 days 🔍
11/21/2005 +3 days 🔍
12/20/2005 +29 days 🔍
01/03/2006 +14 days 🔍
07/03/2006 +181 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3173 days 🔍
06/13/2019 +1555 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-3662 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3662
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26945

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X-Force: 23159
SecurityFocus: 15427 - PNMToPNG Alphas_Of_Color Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 17544 - Pnmtopng "alphas_of_color" and "read_text" Buffer Overflow Vulnerabili, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 20838 - CVE-2005-3662 - pnmtopng - Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 10088 - pnmtopng Off-by-one Buffer Overflow via PNM File w/ 256 Colors, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-2418

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/13/2019 07:11
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (76), 06/13/2019 07:11 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:D70:103

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