1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200503-15 / X.org |
| Release Date | March 12, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | March 12, 2005: 02 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| x11-base/xorg-x11 | < 6.8.2-r1 | revision >= 6.8.0-r5, >= 6.8.2-r1 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #83598
A new vulnerability has been discovered in libXpm, which is included in X.org, that can potentially lead to remote code execution.
libXpm is a pixmap manipulation library for the X Window System, included in X.org.
Chris Gilbert has discovered potentially exploitable buffer overflow cases in libXpm that weren't fixed in previous libXpm versions.
A carefully-crafted XPM file could crash X.org, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All X.org users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose x11-base/xorg-x11 |