Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : libxpm4 (MDKSA-2004:098)

high Nessus Plugin ID 14754

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Chris Evans found several stack and integer overflows in the libXpm code of X.Org/XFree86 (from which the libxpm code is derived) :

Stack overflows (CVE-2004-0687) :

Careless use of strcat() in both the XPMv1 and XPMv2/3 xpmParseColors code leads to a stack based overflow (parse.c).

Stack overflow reading pixel values in ParseAndPutPixels (create.c) as well as ParsePixels (parse.c).

Integer Overflows (CVE-2004-0688) :

Integer overflow allocating colorTable in xpmParseColors (parse.c) - probably a crashable but not exploitable offence.

The updated packages have patches from Chris Evans and Matthieu Herrb to address these vulnerabilities.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14754

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2004-098.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 9/16/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xpm4-devel, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxpm4-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xpm4, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxpm4, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0687, CVE-2004-0688

MDKSA: 2004:098

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