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RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : xloadimage (RHSA-2005:802)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20060

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

A new xloadimage package that fixes bugs in handling malformed tiff and pbm/pnm/ppm images, and in handling metacharacters in file names is now available.

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

The xloadimage utility displays images in an X Window System window, loads images into the root window, or writes images into a file.
Xloadimage supports many image types (including GIF, TIFF, JPEG, XPM, and XBM).

A flaw was discovered in xloadimage via which an attacker can construct a NIFF image with a very long embedded image title. This image can cause a buffer overflow. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-3178 to this issue.

All users of xloadimage should upgrade to this erratum package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected xloadimage package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-3178

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:802

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20060

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-802.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/19/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xloadimage, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3178

BID: 15051

RHSA: 2005:802