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GLSA-200510-26 : XLI, Xloadimage: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21275

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-200510-26 (XLI, Xloadimage: Buffer overflow)

 When XLI or Xloadimage process an image, they create a new image object to contain the new image, copying the title from the old image to the newly created image. Ariel Berkman reported that the 'zoom', 'reduce', and 'rotate' functions use a fixed length buffer to contain the new title, which could be overwritten by the NIFF or XPM image processors.
 Impact :

 A malicious user could craft a malicious XPM or NIFF file and entice a user to view it using XLI, or manipulate it using Xloadimage, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running XLI or Xloadimage.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All XLI users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-gfx/xli-1.17.0-r2' All Xloadimage users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-gfx/xloadimage-4.1-r4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200510-26

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21275

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200510-26.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 4/26/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xli, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xloadimage, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3178

GLSA: 200510-26