Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55685
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-210-1 (netpbm-free)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-210-1 (netpbm-free)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to netpbm-free announced via advisory USN-210-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) The following packages are affected: netpbm 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. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 2:10.0-5ubuntu0.2 (for Ubuntu 4.10), 2:10.0-8ubuntu0.2 (for Ubuntu 5.04), or 2:10.0-8ubuntu1.1 (for Ubuntu 5.10). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-210-1 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 15128 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2978 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278 Debian Security Information: DSA-878 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-878 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-793.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2005:024 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-210-1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15128 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10135 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2133 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015071 http://secunia.com/advisories/17357 http://secunia.com/advisories/17221 http://secunia.com/advisories/17222 http://secunia.com/advisories/17256 http://secunia.com/advisories/17265 http://secunia.com/advisories/17282
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