CVE-2005-3662: Buffer Overflow
First published: Fri Nov 18 2005(Updated: )
Off-by-one buffer overflow in pnmtopng before 2.39, when using the -alpha command line option (Alphas_Of_Color), allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNM file with exactly 256 colors.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Greg Roelofs Pnmtopng | =2.37.3 | |
| Greg Roelofs Pnmtopng | =2.38 | |
| Greg Roelofs Pnmtopng | =2.37.6 | |
| Greg Roelofs Pnmtopng | =2.37.5 | |
| Greg Roelofs Pnmtopng | =2.37.4 |
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Reference Links
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17544
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=370545
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15427
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17828
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-843.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18186
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17679
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18517
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-904
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17671
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:217
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2418
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9583
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/218-1/
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/remedy
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/greg roelofs
- canonical/greg roelofs pnmtopng
- version/greg roelofs pnmtopng/2.37.3
- version/greg roelofs pnmtopng/2.38
- version/greg roelofs pnmtopng/2.37.6
- version/greg roelofs pnmtopng/2.37.5
- version/greg roelofs pnmtopng/2.37.4