<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201311-08"> <title>Netpbm: User-assisted arbitrary code execution</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in Netpbm could result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">Netpbm</product> <announced>November 13, 2013</announced> <revised>November 13, 2013: 1</revised> <bug>308025</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="media-libs/netpbm" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">10.49.00</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">10.49.00</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>Netpbm is a toolkit for manipulation of graphic images, including conversion of images between a variety of different formats. </p> </background> <description> <p>A stack-based buffer overflow exists in converter/ppm/xpmtoppm.c in Netpbm. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted XMP file using Netpbm, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All Netpbm users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/netpbm-10.49.00" </code> <p>Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages. </p> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-4274"> CVE-2009-4274 </uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:37:16 +0000">craig</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:13:34 +0000">Zlogene</metadata> </glsa>