xv: Filename handling vulnerability

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200503-09 / xv
Release Date	March 04, 2005
Latest Revision	May 22, 2006: 02
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
media-gfx/xv	< 3.10a-r10	>= 3.10a-r10	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #83686

Synopsis

xv contains a format string vulnerability, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

2. Impact Information

Background

xv is an interactive image manipulation package for X11.

Description

Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team identified a flaw in the handling of image filenames by xv.

Impact

Successful exploitation would require a victim to process a specially crafted image with a malformed filename, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All xv users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/xv-3.10a-r10"

4. References

CVE-2005-0665

Page updated March 04, 2005

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