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.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
18 October 2005
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
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.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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