Scientific Linux: Important Netpbm Security Alert for Buffer Overflow

Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:14:57 -0600
Reply-To: Pat Riehecky 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Pat Riehecky 
Organization: Fermilab
Subject: FASTBUGS for SL 5x i386, x86_64 now available
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The following FASTBUGS have been uploaded to

i386:
acpid-1.0.4-12.el5.i386.rpm
gtk2-2.10.4-21.el5_7.7.i386.rpm
gtk2-devel-2.10.4-21.el5_7.7.i386.rpm
sos-1.7-9.54.el5_7.1.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
acpid-1.0.4-12.el5.x86_64.rpm
gtk2-2.10.4-21.el5_7.7.i386.rpm
gtk2-2.10.4-21.el5_7.7.x86_64.rpm
gtk2-devel-2.10.4-21.el5_7.7.i386.rpm
gtk2-devel-2.10.4-21.el5_7.7.x86_64.rpm
sos-1.7-9.54.el5_7.1.noarch.rpm
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:08:42 -0600
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Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Pat Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: netpbm on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Important: netpbm security update
Issue Date: 2011-12-12
CVE Numbers: CVE-2009-4274
 CVE-2011-4516

The netpbm packages contain a library of functions which support programs
for handling various graphics file formats, including.pbm (Portable Bit
Map),.pgm (Portable Gray Map),.pnm (Portable Any Map),.ppm (Portable
Pixel Map), and others.

Two heap-based buffer overflow flaws were found in the embedded JasPer
library, which is used to provide support for Part 1 of the JPEG 2000 image
compression standard in the jpeg2ktopam and pamtojpeg2k tools. An attacker
could create a malicious JPEG 2000 compressed image file that could cause
jpeg2ktopam to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running jpeg2ktopam. These flaws do not affect
pamtojpeg2k. (CVE-2011-4516, CVE-2011-4517)

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the xpmtoppm tool
processed X PixMap (XPM) image files. An attacker could create a malicious
XPM file that would cause xpmtoppm to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running xpmtoppm.
(CVE-2009-4274)

All users of netpbm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

SL4:
 i386
 netpbm-10.35.58-8.el4.i386.rpm
 netpbm-debuginfo-10.35.58-8.el4.i386.rpm
 netpbm-devel-10.35.58-8.el4.i386.rpm
 netpbm-progs-10.35.58-8.el4.i386.rpm
 x86_64
 netpbm-10.35.58-8.el4.i386.rpm
 netpbm-10.35.58-8.el4.x86_64.rpm
 netpbm-debuginfo-10.35.58-8.el4.i386.rpm
 netpbm-debuginfo-10.35.58-8.el4.x86_64.rpm
 netpbm-devel-10.35.58-8.el4.x86_64.rpm
 netpbm-progs-10.35.58-8.el4.x86_64.rpm
SL5:
 i386
 netpbm-10.35.58-8.el5_7.3.i386.rpm
 netpbm-debuginfo-10.35.58-8.el5_7.3.i386.rpm
 netpbm-devel-10.35.58-8.el5_7.3.i386.rpm
 netpbm-progs-10.35.58-8.el5_7.3.i386.rpm
 x86_64
 netpbm-10.35.58-8.el5_7.3.i386.rpm
 netpbm-10.35.58-8.el5_7.3.x86_64.rpm
 netpbm-debuginfo-10.35.58-8.el5_7.3.i386.rpm
 netpbm-debuginfo-10.35.58-8.el5_7.3.x86_64.rpm
 netpbm-devel-10.35.58-8.el5_7.3.i386.rpm
 netpbm-devel-10.35.58-8.el5_7.3.x86_64.rpm
 netpbm-progs-10.35.58-8.el5_7.3.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team