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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-05
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Severity: Normal
Title: xli, xloadimage: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 02, 2005
Bugs: #79762
ID: 200503-05
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Synopsis
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xli and xloadimage are vulnerable to multiple issues, potentially
leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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xli and xloadimage are X11 utilities for displaying and manipulating a
wide range of image formats.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-gfx/xloadimage < 4.1-r2 >= 4.1-r2
2 media-gfx/xli < 1.17.0-r1 >= 1.17.0-r1
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
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Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has reported that
xli and xloadimage contain a flaw in the handling of compressed images,
where shell meta-characters are not adequately escaped. Rob Holland of
the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has reported that an xloadimage
vulnerability in the handling of Faces Project images discovered by
zen-parse in 2001 remained unpatched in xli. Additionally, it has been
reported that insufficient validation of image properties in xli could
potentially result in buffer management errors.
Impact
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Successful exploitation would permit a remote attacker to execute
arbitrary shell commands, or arbitrary code with the privileges of the
xloadimage or xli user.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All xli users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/xli-1.17.0-r1"
All xloadimage users should also upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/xloadimage-4.1-r2"
References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2001-0775
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2001-0775
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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