Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : XFree86 (MDKSA-2004:138)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15794

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

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 of the XPM library, done by Thomas Biege of the SuSE Security-Team revealed several different kinds of bugs. These bugs include integer overflows, out-of-bounds memory access, shell command execution, path traversal, and endless loops.

These bugs can be exploited by remote and/or local attackers to gain access to the system or to escalate their local privileges, by using a specially crafted xpm image.

Updated packages are patched to correct all these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15794

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2004-138.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 11/23/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:x11r6-contrib, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-100dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-75dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-xnest, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-xvfb, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-cyrillic-fonts, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-glide-module, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-server, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-xfs, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xfree86, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xfree86-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xfree86-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xorg-x11, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xorg-x11-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xorg-x11-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxfree86, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxfree86-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxfree86-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxorg-x11, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxorg-x11-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxorg-x11-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-100dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-xnest, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-xvfb, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-cyrillic-fonts, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-glide-module, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-server, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-xfs, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0914

MDKSA: 2004:138

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