DSA-858-1 xloadimage -- buffer overflows

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2005-3178  

Ariel Berkman discovered several buffer overflows in xloadimage, a graphics file viewer for X11, that can be exploited via large image titles and cause the execution of arbitrary code. For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 4.1-10woody2. For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 4.1-14.3. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 4.1-15. We recommend that you upgrade your xloadimage package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-858-1 xloadimage -- buffer overflows

Date Reported:
10 Oct 2005
Affected Packages:
xloadimage
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 332524.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3178.
More information:

Ariel Berkman discovered several buffer overflows in xloadimage, a graphics file viewer for X11, that can be exploited via large image titles and cause the execution of arbitrary code.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 4.1-10woody2.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 4.1-14.3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 4.1-15.

We recommend that you upgrade your xloadimage package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-10woody2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-10woody2.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-10woody2_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-10woody2_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-10woody2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-10woody2_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-10woody2_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-10woody2_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-10woody2_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-10woody2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-10woody2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-10woody2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-10woody2_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-14.3.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-14.3.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-14.3_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-14.3_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-14.3_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-14.3_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-14.3_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-14.3_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-14.3_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-14.3_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-14.3_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-14.3_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-14.3_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_4.1-14.3_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.