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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-08.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-08.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d51300e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-08.xml @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200503-08"> + <title>OpenMotif, LessTif: New libXpm buffer overflows</title> + <synopsis> + A new vulnerability has been discovered in libXpm, which is included in + OpenMotif and LessTif, that can potentially lead to remote code execution. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">openmotif</product> + <announced>March 04, 2005</announced> + <revised>March 04, 2005: 01</revised> + <bug>83655</bug> + <bug>83656</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="x11-libs/openmotif" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.2.3-r3</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">2.1.30-r9</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.3-r3</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="x11-libs/lesstif" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.94.0-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.94.0-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + LessTif is a clone of OSF/Motif, which is a standard user + interface toolkit available on Unix and Linux. OpenMotif also provides + a free version of the Motif toolkit for open source applications. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Chris Gilbert discovered potentially exploitable buffer overflow + cases in libXpm that weren't fixed in previous libXpm security + advisories. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A carefully-crafted XPM file could crash applications making use + of the OpenMotif or LessTif toolkits, 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 OpenMotif users should upgrade to an unaffected version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose x11-libs/openmotif</code> + <p> + All LessTif users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/lesstif-0.94.0-r2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0605">CAN-2005-0605</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:43:36 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 3 Mar 2005 09:21:40 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 3 Mar 2005 21:47:17 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |