Vulnerability Note VU#487102

Overview

Multiple tools within the Netpbm package create temporary files in an insecure manner.

Description

Netpbm is a toolkit that contains over 220 separate tools for manipulating graphic images. Multiple tools within the Netpbm package create temporary files insecurely.

Impact

A local attacker could overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the Netpbm tool process.

Solution

Upgrade or Apply Patch Upgrade or apply patch as specified by your vendor.

Systems Affected (Learn More)

Vendor	Status	Date Notified	Date Updated
Debian	Affected	19 Jan 2004	23 Jan 2004
NetPBM	Affected	19 Jan 2004	23 Jan 2004

If you are a vendor and your product is affected, let us know.

CVSS Metrics (Learn More)

Group	Score	Vector
Base	N/A	N/A
Temporal	N/A	N/A
Environmental	N/A	N/A

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-426
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/netpbm/
• http://www.secunia.com/advisories/10662/

Credit

Thanks to Debian for the information contained in their security advisory.

This document was written by Damon Morda.

Other Information

• CVE IDs: CAN-2003-0924
• Date Public: 18 Jan 2004
• Date First Published: 19 Jan 2004
• Date Last Updated: 23 Jan 2004
• Severity Metric: 2.02
• Document Revision: 11