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DSA-723-1 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceDSA-723-1

DSA-723-1

UNKNOWN

xfree86 - buffer overflow

Published May 9, 2005

Modified 20 years ago

Fix available

Details

Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0605 Debian Bug : 298939

A buffer overflow has been discovered in the Xpm library which is used in XFree86. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XPM image that could lead to the execution or arbitrary code.

Affected Packages

xfree86

Debian 3.0

Fixed in:

4.1.0-16woody6

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-723-1

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Timeline

PublishedMay 9, 2005

ModifiedMay 9, 2005