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USN97-1 : xfree86 vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary xfree86 vulnerability Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : These remote packages are missing security patches : - lbxproxy - libdps-dev - libdps1 - libdps1-dbg - libice-dev - libice6 - libice6-dbg - libsm-dev - libsm6 - libsm6-dbg - libx11-6 - libx11-6-dbg - libx11-dev - libxaw6 - libxaw6-dbg - libxaw6-dev - libxaw7 - libxaw7-dbg - libxaw7-dev - libxext-dev - libxext6 - libxext6-dbg - libxft1 - libxft1-dbg - libxi-dev - libxi6 - libxi6-dbg - libxmu-dev - libxmu6 - libxmu6-dbg - libxmuu-dev - libxmuu1 - libxmuu1-dbg - libxp-dev - l [...] Description : Chris Gilbert discovered a buffer overflow in the XPM library shipped with XFree86. If a possible hacker tricked a user into loading a malicious XPM image with an application that uses libxpm, he could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user opening the image. These overflows do not permit privilege escalation through the X server the overflows are in a client-side library. Solution : Upgrade to : - lbxproxy-4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) - libdps-dev-4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) - libdps1-4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) - libdps1-dbg-4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) - libice-dev-4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) - libice6-4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) - libice6-dbg-4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) - libsm-dev-4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) - libsm6-4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) - libsm6-dbg-4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25.2 (U [...] Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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