SUSE update for netpbm

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU39452

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5849

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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.

Mitigation

Update the affected package netpbm to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

Desktop Applications Module: 15-SP5

Basesystem Module: 15-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: SP5

openSUSE Leap: 15.5

libnetpbm11-32bit-debuginfo: before 10.80.1-150000.3.14.1

libnetpbm11-32bit: before 10.80.1-150000.3.14.1

netpbm-vulnerable: before 10.80.1-150000.3.14.1

netpbm-debuginfo: before 10.80.1-150000.3.14.1

netpbm-vulnerable-debuginfo: before 10.80.1-150000.3.14.1

libnetpbm-devel: before 10.80.1-150000.3.14.1

libnetpbm11-debuginfo: before 10.80.1-150000.3.14.1

libnetpbm11: before 10.80.1-150000.3.14.1

netpbm-debugsource: before 10.80.1-150000.3.14.1

netpbm: before 10.80.1-150000.3.14.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:desktop_applications_module:15-SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:basesystem_module:15-SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libnetpbm11-32bit-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libnetpbm11-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:netpbm-vulnerable:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:netpbm-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:netpbm-vulnerable-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libnetpbm-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libnetpbm11-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libnetpbm11:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:netpbm-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:netpbm:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20240435-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.