Debian DSA-859-1 : xli - buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19967

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Ariel Berkman discovered several buffer overflows in xloadimage, which are also present in xli, a command line utility for viewing images in X11, and could be exploited via large image titles and cause the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the xli package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.17.0-11woody2.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.17.0-18sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=332524

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-859

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19967

File Name: debian_DSA-859.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xli, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3178

DSA: 859