Summary
The remote host is missing an update to netpbm
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:262.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:262
Insight
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in netpbm:
pamperspective in Netpbm before 10.35.48 does not properly calculate a window height, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted image file that triggers an out-of-bounds read (CVE-2008-4799).
This update fixes this vulnerability.
Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0, Corporate 4.0, Enterprise Server 5.0
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-4799 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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