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GLSA-200503-15 : X.org: libXpm vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 17317

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-200503-15 (X.org: libXpm vulnerability)

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

 A carefully-crafted XPM file could crash X.org, 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 X.org users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose x11-base/xorg-x11

See Also

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1920

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200503-15

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 17317

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200503-15.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 3/14/2005

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:xorg-x11, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0605

GLSA: 200503-15