GLSA 200502-07: OpenMotif: Multiple vulnerabilities in libXpm

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Severity:	normal
Title:	OpenMotif: Multiple vulnerabilities in libXpm
Date:	02/07/2005
Bugs:	#78111
ID:	200502-07

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libXpm, which is included in OpenMotif, that can potentially lead to remote code execution.

Background

OpenMotif provides a free version of the Motif toolkit for open source applications.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
x11-libs/openmotif	< 2.2.3-r1	>= 2.2.3-r1	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities, such as buffer overflows, out of bounds memory access or directory traversals, have been discovered in libXpm that is shipped as a part of the X Window System (see GLSA 200409-34 and 200411-28). OpenMotif, an application that includes this library, suffers from the same issues.

Impact

A carefully-crafted XPM file could crash applications making use of the OpenMotif toolkit, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All OpenMotif users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose x11-libs/openmotif

Note: You should run 'revdep-rebuild' to ensure that all applications linked to OpenMotif are properly rebuilt.

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-07.xml

Concerns?

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