SUSE-SA:2004:034: XFree86-libs, xshared

high Nessus Plugin ID 14775

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2004:034 (XFree86-libs, xshared).

Chris Evans reported three vulnerabilities in libXpm which can be exploited remotely by providing malformed XPM image files.
The function xpmParseColors() is vulnerable to an integer overflow and a stack-based buffer overflow. The functions ParseAndPutPixels() as well as ParsePixels() is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow too.
Additionally Matthieu Herrb found two one-byte buffer overflows.

Solution

http://www.suse.de/security/2004_34_xfree86_libs_xshared.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14775

File Name: suse_SA_2004_034.nasl

Version: 1.13

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/17/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Reference Information

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

Detections

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