USN-97-1: libxpm vulnerability
Publication date
16 March 2005
Overview
libxpm vulnerability
Releases
Details
Chris Gilbert discovered a buffer overflow in the XPM library shipped
with XFree86. If an attacker tricked a user into loading a malicious
XPM image with an application that uses libxpm, he could exploit this
to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user opening the
image.
These overflows do not allow privilege escalation through the X
server; the overflows are in a client-side library.
Chris Gilbert discovered a buffer overflow in the XPM library shipped
with XFree86. If an attacker tricked a user into loading a malicious
XPM image with an application that uses libxpm, he could exploit this
to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user opening the
image.
These overflows do not allow privilege escalation through the X
server; the overflows are in a client-side library.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.10 warty | libxpm4-dbg – | ||
| libxpm4 – | |||
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