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HistoryNov 17, 2004 - 4:17 p.m.

remote system compromise in xshared, XFree86-libs, xorg-x11-libs

2004-11-1716:17:43
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0.009 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.4%

The XPM library which is part of the XFree86/XOrg project is used by several GUI applications to process XPM image files. A source code review done by Thomas Biege of the SuSE Security-Team revealed several different kinds of bugs. The bug types are: - integer overflows - out-of-bounds memory access - shell command execution - path traversal - endless loops By providing a special image these bugs can be exploited by remote and/or local attackers to gain access to the system or to escalate their local privileges.

Solution

No workaround exists to protect against these bugs.