Out-of-bounds Read Affecting netpbm package, versions <10.80.1-150000.3.14.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.93% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-NETPBM-6239632
  • published9 Feb 2024
  • disclosed8 Feb 2024

Introduced: 8 Feb 2024

CVE-2017-5849  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 netpbm to version 10.80.1-150000.3.14.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream netpbm package and not the netpbm package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

tiffttopnm in netpbm 10.47.63 does not properly use the libtiff TIFFRGBAImageGet function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and write) via a crafted tiff image file, related to transposing width and height values.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1