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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-17 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: XV: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: April 19, 2005 |
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Bugs: #88742 |
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ID: 200504-17 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in XV, potentially |
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resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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XV is an interactive image manipulation program for the X Window |
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System. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 media-gfx/xv < 3.10a-r11 >= 3.10a-r11 |
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Description |
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Greg Roelofs has reported multiple input validation errors in XV image |
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decoders. Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has |
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reported insufficient validation in the PDS (Planetary Data System) |
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image decoder, format string vulnerabilities in the TIFF and PDS |
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decoders, and insufficient protection from shell meta-characters in |
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malformed filenames. |
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Impact |
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Successful exploitation would require a victim to view a specially |
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created image file using XV, potentially resulting in the execution of |
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arbitrary code. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All XV users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/xv-3.10a-r11" |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-17.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 |