Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libnetpbm-devel package, versions <10.80.1-3.3.36
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- published14 Apr 2022
- disclosed3 Apr 2019
Introduced: 3 Apr 2019
CVE-2018-8975 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.0 libnetpbm-devel to version 10.80.1-3.3.36 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libnetpbm-devel package and not the libnetpbm-devel package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.
The pm_mallocarray2 function in lib/util/mallocvar.c in Netpbm through 10.81.03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, as demonstrated by pbmmask.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8975.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1086777
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LVMWVVFEADMA7XIPXFHGSBRYKEGGDFGE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VEZRUJ5LNGULJL7QUAHPV5LBOKIJYP5I/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00056.html
- https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/netpbm
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LVMWVVFEADMA7XIPXFHGSBRYKEGGDFGE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VEZRUJ5LNGULJL7QUAHPV5LBOKIJYP5I/