Detections
Analytics

GLSA-200411-28 : X.Org, XFree86: libXpm vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15776

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-200411-28 (X.Org, XFree86: libXpm vulnerabilities)

 Several issues were discovered in libXpm, including integer overflows, out-of-bounds memory accesses, insecure path traversal and an endless loop.
 Impact :

 An attacker could craft a malicious pixmap file and entice a user to use it with an application linked against libXpm. This could lead to Denial of Service or arbitrary code execution.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All X.Org users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.7.0-r3' All XFree86 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-base/xfree-x11-4.3.0-r8'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-28

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15776

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200411-28.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 11/22/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xfree, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xorg-x11, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0914

GLSA: 200411-28