10 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Søren Sandmann discovered a bug in memory allocation for pixmap images,
that can cause a crash of the X server or to execute arbitrary code.
The update for the old stable distribution (woody) also contains a
different correction for multiple vulnerabilities in libXpm (DSA 607, CAN-2004-0914,
Bug#309143),
since the old fix contained a regression.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.1.0-16woody7.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 of X.Org.
We recommend that you upgrade your xfree86 and xorg packages.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
xfree86 | eq | 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 |