gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml

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<glsa id="200503-05">
  <title>xli, xloadimage: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>
    xli and xloadimage are vulnerable to multiple issues, potentially leading
    to the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">xli</product>
  <announced>March 02, 2005</announced>
  <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised>
  <bug>79762</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-gfx/xloadimage" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">4.1-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">4.1-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="media-gfx/xli" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.17.0-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.17.0-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    xli and xloadimage are X11 utilities for displaying and manipulating a
    wide range of image formats.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    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.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    Successful exploitation would permit a remote attacker to execute
    arbitrary shell commands, or arbitrary code with the privileges of the
    xloadimage or xli user.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All xli users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-gfx/xli-1.17.0-r1&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All xloadimage users should also upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-gfx/xloadimage-4.1-r2&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2001-0775">CAN-2001-0775</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0638">CVE-2005-0638</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0639">CVE-2005-0639</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:34:13 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:05:32 +0000">
    taviso
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed,  2 Mar 2005 16:53:18 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>