National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2004-0914

Overview

Multiple vulnerabilities in libXpm for 6.8.1 and earlier, as used in XFree86 and other packages, include (1) multiple integer overflows, (2) out-of-bounds memory accesses, (3) directory traversal, (4) shell metacharacter, (5) endless loops, and (6) memory leaks, which could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (application crash), or execute arbitrary code via a certain XPM image file. NOTE: it is highly likely that this candidate will be SPLIT into other candidates in the future, per CVE's content decisions.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: BID

Name: 11694

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11694

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200411-28

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-28.xml

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-607

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-607

External Source: XF

Name: libxpm-dos(18147)

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18147

External Source: XF

Name: libxpm-directory-traversal(18146):

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18146

External Source: XF

Name: libxpm-command-execution(18145):

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18145

External Source: XF

Name: libxpm-improper-memory-access(18144):

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18144

External Source: XF

Name: libxpm-image-bo(18142):

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18142

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBTU01228

Hyperlink:http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTU01228

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.1/patches/README.xorg-681-CAN-2004-0914.patch

Hyperlink:http://www.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.1/patches/README.xorg-681-CAN-2004-0914.patch

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-83-2

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-83-2

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-83-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-83-1

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2005:004

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-004.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2004:610

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-610.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FLSA-2006:152803

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00001.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2004-433

Hyperlink:http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/106877/102/

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200502-07

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-07.xml

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200502-06

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-06.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 13224

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/13224/

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2004:537

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-537.html

External Source: MANDRAKE

Name: MDKSA-2004:137

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:137