<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200410-09"> <title>LessTif: Integer and stack overflows in libXpm</title> <synopsis> Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libXpm, which is included in LessTif, that can potentially lead to remote code execution. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">lesstif</product> <announced>October 09, 2004</announced> <revised>October 09, 2004: 01</revised> <bug>66647</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="x11-libs/lesstif" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.93.97</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.93.97</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> LessTif is a clone of OSF/Motif, which is the standard user interface toolkit available on Unix and Linux. </p> </background> <description> <p> Chris Evans has discovered various integer and stack overflows in libXpm, which is shipped as a part of the X Window System. LessTif, an application that includes this library, is susceptible to the same issues. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A carefully-crafted XPM file could crash applications that are linked against libXpm, such as LessTif, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All LessTif users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge sync # emerge -pv ">=x11-libs/lesstif-0.93.97" # emerge ">=x11-libs/lesstif-0.93.97"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0687">CAN-2004-0687</uri> <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0688">CAN-2004-0688</uri> <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-34.xml">GLSA-200409-34</uri> <uri link="http://www.lesstif.org/ReleaseNotes.html">LessTif Release Notes</uri> </references> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:33:39 +0000"> lewk </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 9 Oct 2004 05:48:24 +0000"> lewk </metadata> </glsa>