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CVE-2005-2978 Detail

Description

pnmtopng in netpbm before 10.25, when using the -trans option, uses uninitialized size and index variables when converting Portable Anymap (PNM) images to Portable Network Graphics (PNG), which might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the stack.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  10/18/2005

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0


Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Provides user account access
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015071
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-878
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-793.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15128
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2133
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278 Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10135
https://usn.ubuntu.com/210-1/

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10135
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10135

Technical Details

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2978
NVD Published Date:
10/18/2005
NVD Last Modified:
10/03/2018