MGASA-2019-0183 - Updated netpbm packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 19 May 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0183.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-8975

The pm_mallocarray2 function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file
(CVE-2018-8975).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24753
- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8975

SRPMS:
- 6/core/netpbm-10.73.07-1.1.mga6

Mageia 2019-0183: netpbm security update

The pm_mallocarray2 function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file (CVE-2018-8975)

Summary

The pm_mallocarray2 function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file (CVE-2018-8975).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24753

- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8975

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0183 - Updated netpbm packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/netpbm-10.73.07-1.1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 19 May 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0183.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-8975

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