USN-665-1: Netpbm vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• netpbm-free -

Details

It was discovered that Netpbm could be made to overrun a buffer when loading
certain images. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted
GIF image, remote attackers could cause a denial of service or execute
arbitrary code with user privileges.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 7.10

• netpbm - 2:10.0-11ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 6.06

• netpbm - 2:10.0-10ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2008-0554