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[GLSA-200503-15] X.org: libXpm vulnerability

Family:

Gentoo Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

(C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Summary:

X.org: libXpm vulnerability

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2005-0605

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

GLSA:200503-15

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-15
(X.org: libXpm vulnerability)


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

Impact

A carefully-crafted XPM file could crash X.org, 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
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1920


Solution:
All X.org users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose x11-base/xorg-x11


Risk factor : Medium