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X11 libXpm Multiple Image Processing Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13224
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Release Date:
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2004-11-18
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Popularity:
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11,430 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | X Window System 11 (X11) 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-0914
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Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in libXpm, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to various types of errors including integer overflows, out-of-bounds memory access, and input validation errors. These can be exploited by tricking a user into viewing a specially crafted image in an application linked against the vulnerable library.
The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 6.8.1 and prior.
Solution:
Apply patch.
X.Org Release 6.8.0:
http://www.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.0/patches/xorg-680-CAN-2004-0914.patch
X.Org Release 6.8.1:
http://www.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.1/patches/xorg-681-CAN-2004-0914.patch
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits:
* Petr Mladek
* Thomas Biege
* Matthieu Herrb
* Jacques A. Vidrine
Original Advisory:
http://www.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.1/patches/README.xorg-681-CAN-2004-0914.patch
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