Ubuntu 26.04 LTS : libXpm vulnerability (USN-8862-1)
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-94287 | 28 Sep 202608:57 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2026-94287 Denial of service via unsigned underflow in libXpm's write path | 28 Sep 202608:57 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2026-94287 | 28 Sep 202608:57 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2026-88179 | 28 Sep 202608:57 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2026-94287 | 28 Sep 202609:17 | – | nvd | |
| libXpm-devel-3.5.18-3.1 on GA media (moderate) | 1 Oct 202600:00 | – | opensuse | |
| DEBIAN-CVE-2026-94287 | 28 Sep 202609:17 | – | osv | |
| ECHO-35BC-714C-9AD7 | 29 Sep 202603:34 | – | osv | |
| OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11896-1 libXpm-devel-3.5.18-3.1 on GA media | 28 Sep 202600:00 | – | osv | |
| RHSA-2026:47072 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update | 28 Jul 202610:14 | – | osv |
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8862-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(362520);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/02");
script_cve_id("CVE-2026-94287");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"8862-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 26.04 LTS : libXpm vulnerability (USN-8862-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
USN-8862-1 advisory.
It was discovered that libXpm did not correctly handle XPM images with zero-dimension values. A local
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libXpm to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of
service.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8862-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected libxpm4 and / or xpmutils packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-94287");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/09/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/10/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxpm4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xpmutils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2026 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('26.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 26.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libxpm4', 'pkgver': '1:3.5.17-1ubuntu0.26.04.2'},
{'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'xpmutils', 'pkgver': '1:3.5.17-1ubuntu0.26.04.2'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var osver = NULL;
var pkgname = NULL;
var pkgver = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
var extra = '';
extra += ubuntu_report_get();
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libxpm4 / xpmutils');
}
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