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Date: Thu Feb 11 2010 - 18:44:10 CST

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TITLE:
NetPBM "xpmtoppm" XPM Processing Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38530

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38530/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in NetPBM, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the "xpmtoppm"
utility when processing certain XPM files, which can be exploited to
cause a stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into
converting a specially crafted XPM file.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 10.35.72.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 10.35.72.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Marc Schoenefeld, Red Hat

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546580

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