GLSA-200410-09 : LessTif: Integer and stack overflows in libXpm

high Nessus Plugin ID 15447

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200410-09 (LessTif: Integer and stack overflows in libXpm)

Chris Evans has discovered various integer and stack overflows in libXpm, which is shipped as a part of the X Window System. LessTif, an application that includes this library, is susceptible to the same issues.
Impact :

A carefully-crafted XPM file could crash applications that are linked against libXpm, such as LessTif, 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.

Solution

All LessTif users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=x11-libs/lesstif-0.93.97' # emerge '>=x11-libs/lesstif-0.93.97'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15447

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200410-09.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 10/11/2004

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: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:lesstif

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2004

Reference Information

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

GLSA: 200410-09

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