Package : netpbm-free Vulnerability : buffer overflows Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2005-3632
Greg Roelofs discovered and fixed several buffer overflows in pnmtopng which is also included in netpbm, a collection of graphic conversion utilities, that can lead to the execution of arbitrary code via a specially crafted PNM file.
For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 9.20-8.5.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 10.0-8sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed in version 10.0-11.
We recommend that you upgrade your netpbm package.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - --------------------------------