DSA-1579-1 netpbm-free -- insufficient input sanitizing

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2008-0554  

A vulnerability was discovered in the GIF reader implementation in netpbm-free, a suite of image manipulation utilities. Insufficient input data validation could allow a maliciously-crafted GIF file to overrun a stack buffer, potentially permitting the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2:10.0-11.1+etch1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems were fixed in version 2:10.0-11.1. We recommend that you upgrade your netpbm packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1579-1 netpbm-free -- insufficient input sanitizing

Date Reported:
18 May 2008
Affected Packages:
netpbm-free
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-0554.
More information:

A vulnerability was discovered in the GIF reader implementation in netpbm-free, a suite of image manipulation utilities. Insufficient input data validation could allow a maliciously-crafted GIF file to overrun a stack buffer, potentially permitting the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2:10.0-11.1+etch4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems were fixed in version 2:10.0-11.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your netpbm packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm-free_10.0-11.1+etch4.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm-free_10.0.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm-free_10.0-11.1+etch4.dsc
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-11.1+etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-11.1+etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-11.1+etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-11.1+etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-11.1+etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-11.1+etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-11.1+etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-11.1+etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-11.1+etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-11.1+etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-11.1+etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-11.1+etch4_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-11.1+etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-11.1+etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-11.1+etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-11.1+etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-11.1+etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-11.1+etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-11.1+etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-11.1+etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-11.1+etch4_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-11.1+etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-11.1+etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-11.1+etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-11.1+etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-11.1+etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-11.1+etch4_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-11.1+etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-11.1+etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-11.1+etch4_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_10.0-11.1+etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10-dev_10.0-11.1+etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_10.0-11.1+etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm10_10.0-11.1+etch4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.