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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53124
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-426)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'netpbm-free' package(s) announced via the DSA-426 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'netpbm-free' package(s) announced via the DSA-426 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
netpbm is a graphics conversion toolkit made up of a large number of single-purpose programs. Many of these programs were found to create temporary files in an insecure manner, which could allow a local attacker to overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking a vulnerable netpbm tool.

For the current stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2:9.20-8.4.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2:9.25-9.

We recommend that you update your netpbm-free package.

Affected Software/OS:
'netpbm-free' package(s) on Debian 3.0.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
3.7

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0924
BugTraq ID: 9442
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9442
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#487102
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/487102
Debian Security Information: DSA-426 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-426
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-02.xml
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:011
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A804
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A810
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-030.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-031.html
SGI Security Advisory: 20040201-01-U
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc
XForce ISS Database: netpbm-temp-insecure-file(14874)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14874
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