SB2024020885 - SUSE update for netpbm
Published: February 8, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024020885
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5849)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.