Debian DSA-561-1 : xfree86 - integer and stack overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 15659

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Chris Evans discovered several stack and integer overflows in the libXpm library which is provided by X.Org, XFree86 and LessTif.

Solution

Upgrade the libxpm packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.0-16woody4.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-561

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15659

File Name: debian_DSA-561.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xfree86

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2004

Reference Information

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

CERT: 537878, 882750

DSA: 561