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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3772-1 (libxpm - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

7 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that the libXpm library contained two integer overflow flaws, leading to a heap out-of-bounds write, while parsing XPM extensions in a file. An attacker can provide a specially crafted XPM file that, when processed by an application using the libXpm library, would cause a denial-of-service against the application, or potentially, the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Affected Software

Affected Software

libxpm on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:3.5.12-0+deb8u1. This update is based on a new upstream version of libxpm including additional bug fixes. For the testing distribution (stretch) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:3.5.12-1. We recommend that you upgrade your libxpm packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)