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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200409-34 (X)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200409-34.
Insight
Insight
libXpm, the X Pixmap library that is a part of the X Window System, contains multiple stack and integer overflows that may allow a carefully-crafted XPM file to crash applications linked against libXpm, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
Solution
Solution
All X.org users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.7.0-r2' # emerge '>=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.7.0-r2' All XFree86 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r7' # emerge '>=x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r7' Note: Usage of XFree86 is deprecated on the AMD64, HPPA, IA64, MIPS, PPC and SPARC architectures: XFree86 users on those architectures should switch to X.org rather than upgrading XFree86. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200409-34 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64152 http://freedesktop.org/pipermail/xorg/2004-September/003196.html http://freedesktop.org/pipermail/xorg/2004-September/003172.html