Issued:
2004-12-20
Updated:
2004-12-20

RHSA-2004:612 - XFree86 security update

Synopsis

XFree86 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated XFree86 packages that fix several security flaws in libXpm are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

Description

XFree86 is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low level functionality which full fledged graphical user interfaces (GUIs) such as GNOME and KDE are designed upon.

Several integer overflow flaws in the X.Org libXpm library used to decode XPM (X PixMap) images have been found and addressed. An attacker could create a carefully crafted XPM file which would cause an application to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code if opened by a victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0914 to this issue.

Users are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain backported security patches as well as other bug fixes.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the following Web page for the System Administration or Customization guide specific to your system:

This content is not included.http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian3ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems3s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems3s390
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation3ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server3ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop3i386

Updated Packages

  • XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-twm-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-libs-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-devel-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-sdk-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-tools-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-xdm-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-syriac-fonts-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-xauth-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-doc-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-libs-data-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-xfs-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-libs-4.3.0-78.EL.i386.rpm
  • XFree86-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-Xvfb-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-font-utils-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-truetype-fonts-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-Mesa-libGLU-4.3.0-78.EL.i386.rpm
  • XFree86-Mesa-libGL-4.3.0-78.EL.i386.rpm
  • XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-Mesa-libGLU-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-Mesa-libGL-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-Xnest-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-base-fonts-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm
  • XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.3.0-78.EL.ia64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

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Additional information