Package : netpbm-free Vulnerability : insufficient input sanitizing Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : 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.
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 4.0 alias etch - -------------------------------