Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title libXpm vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3185-1 First vendor Publication 2017-02-01
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-02-01
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

libXpm could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description: - libxpm: X11 pixmap library

Details:

It was discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain XPM files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted XPM file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libXpm to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.10:
libxpm4 1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libxpm4 1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libxpm4 1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libxpm4 1:3.5.9-4ubuntu0.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3185-1
CVE-2016-10164

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxpm/1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxpm/1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxpm/1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxpm/1:3.5.9-4ubuntu0.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3185-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
33 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)
33 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)
33 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-09-11 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1211.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-11 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1212.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-25 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2017-1865.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-22 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20170801_X_org_X11_libraries_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-10 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-1865.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-03 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-1865.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-24 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-292.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-16 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-0467-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-16 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-0470-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-02 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3185-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-31 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-6d6e2bfd1a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-30 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-72.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-27 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-801.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-27 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3772.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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