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GLSA-200503-08 : OpenMotif, LessTif: New libXpm buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 17274

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-200503-08 (OpenMotif, LessTif: New libXpm buffer overflows)

 Chris Gilbert discovered potentially exploitable buffer overflow cases in libXpm that weren't fixed in previous libXpm security advisories.
 Impact :

 A carefully-crafted XPM file could crash applications making use of the OpenMotif or LessTif toolkits, 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 OpenMotif users should upgrade to an unaffected version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose x11-libs/openmotif All LessTif users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-libs/lesstif-0.94.0-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200503-08

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 17274

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200503-08.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 3/6/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0605

GLSA: 200503-08