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Al Viro and Alan Cox discovered several maths overflow errors in NetPBM, a set of graphics conversion tools. These programs are not installed setuid root but are often installed to prepare data for processing. These vulnerabilities may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 263-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
March 17th, 2003                        http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : netpbm-free
Vulnerability  : math overflow errors
Problem-Type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id         : CAN-2003-0146
CERT advisory  : VU#378049 VU#630433

Al Viro and Alan Cox discovered several maths overflow errors in
NetPBM, a set of graphics conversion tools.  These programs are not
installed setuid root but are often installed to prepare data for
processing.  These vulnerabilities may allow remote attackers to cause
a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 9.20-8.2.

The old stable distribution (potato) does not seem to be affected
by this problem.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been
fixed in version 9.20-9.

We recommend that you upgrade your netpbm package.


Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm-free_9.20-8.2.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      662 1c8d2ac6308e12bd407551f0a239709e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm-free_9.20-8.2.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:    48519 15bdcd7cdbbd33e4eafedc4224ec158a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm-free_9.20.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1882851 0f153116c21bc7d2e167e574a486c22f

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.2_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    77636 fbd95c88eec1506033829ef65a56b033
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.2_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   135348 d6fc73f5432869a4c8c20d6a6d202a3e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.2_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1412714 9c508ca408fbc5f6a03f5a2e320cad60

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.2_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    64038 5d2ff5816d2bc9f5b9b8f6555c0dc365
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.2_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   125450 3422bd71d85d14d950f4b490ea7fcb14
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.2_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1127198 ff627c8920c5bd9c3420a7182e07a764

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.2_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    62358 89e5f42f2d3a11b4b7c9dc27b996324d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.2_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   103340 0f0c7e2bbbeb897bc1993ce2ca2dee06
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.2_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1078350 415a6018874f103405739bb92d718100

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.2_ia64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    96448 65abd6e7e2945f52cc31727d5c2d48b1
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.2_ia64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   170308 05e9e8e8b00f1fcba4511cb55b8be368
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.2_ia64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1608002 84bca62575bc798425e65ce0733fde65

  HP Precision architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.2_hppa.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    83808 6c997768d27d95ff71247ab15a63dad1
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.2_hppa.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   122828 dab9d6a493a3bb46393c7302a44accf7
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.2_hppa.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1337162 054e5945f8146d45a1b178ca95658b12

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.2_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    61934 bb0176c0eed79eafa32cbc8f5a99dfdf
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.2_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   102168 96dbb5b18d035271df0f0869c133bd67
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.2_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1015872 2623494e16dd50bd501a3a997728d171

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.2_mips.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    66786 d5c5c8489604d78caaa22848a550c45d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.2_mips.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   123388 0857fec48f758c7bc03970c1fe10e380
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.2_mips.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1180196 a4d7a426394a49a5bb45016e07968f6f

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.2_mipsel.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    66634 662ea4730741b05828f05dfddcf3f898
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.2_mipsel.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   123470 258d8c25b158c9aed55ca834978ee187
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.2_mipsel.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1179396 9683bc1daf0995513ed0e4da45b9f049

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.2_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    68820 82bca6ab6d5de943fc679720e3f0ab41
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.2_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   117740 58cf095d8d6f3412f1f77dcbe6937c55
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.2_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1153158 b7f77f69d770e60a72f6ac871b6aac5c

  IBM S/390 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.2_s390.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    66578 0e30246acdafd967fe8ec9bc7498471a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.2_s390.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   115954 a78fc5ce68c4d4f2048e0a710d549387
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.2_s390.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1129792 70e64ceb300ce172d4d0bb70d1882857

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9_9.20-8.2_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    65178 51ecb73928e1174549858df7bfbab9d0
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/libnetpbm9-dev_9.20-8.2_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   118504 a1d655dea3f122cc5306e23e4cfb6d5b
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netpbm-free/netpbm_9.20-8.2_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1435110 6d59d67b733a674d107750e850216f6a


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next revision.

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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>

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