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SUSE: CVE-2018-8975: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-8975: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/24/2018
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/13/2019
Modified
10/22/2021

Description

The pm_mallocarray2 function in lib/util/mallocvar.c in Netpbm through 10.81.03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, as demonstrated by pbmmask.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libnetpbm-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libnetpbm11
  • suse-upgrade-libnetpbm11-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-netpbm

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