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RHEL 2.1 : lesstif (RHSA-2005:473)

high Nessus Plugin ID 18390

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated lesstif packages that fix flaws in the Xpm library are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.

This update has been rated as having Moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

LessTif provides libraries which implement the Motif industry standard graphical user interface.

An integer overflow flaw was found in libXpm; a vulnerable version of this library is found within LessTif. An attacker could create a malicious XPM file that would execute arbitrary code if opened by a victim using an application linked to LessTif. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0605 to this issue.

Users of LessTif should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected lesstif and / or lesstif-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0605

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:473

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18390

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-473.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/28/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:redhat:enterprise_linux:lesstif, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:lesstif-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0605

RHSA: 2005:473