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[GLSA-200503-08] OpenMotif, LessTif: New libXpm buffer overflows

Family:

Gentoo Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

(C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Summary:

OpenMotif, LessTif: New libXpm buffer overflows

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2005-0605

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

GLSA:200503-08

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-08
(OpenMotif, LessTif: New libXpm buffer overflows)


Chris Gilbert discovered potentially exploitable buffer overflow
cases in libXpm that weren't fixed in previous libXpm security
advisories.

Impact

A carefully-crafted XPM file could crash applications making use
of the OpenMotif or LessTif toolkits, potentially allowing the
execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the
application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0605


Solution:
All OpenMotif users should upgrade to an unaffected version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose x11-libs/openmotif
All LessTif users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/lesstif-0.94.0-r2"


Risk factor : Medium