Issued:
2005-05-11
Updated:
2005-05-11

RHSA-2005:412 - openmotif security update

Synopsis

openmotif security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated openmotif packages that fix a flaw in the Xpm image library are now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Description

OpenMotif provides libraries which implement the Motif industry standard graphical user interface.

An integer overflow flaw was found in libXpm, which is used to decode XPM (X PixMap) images. A vulnerable version of this library was found within OpenMotif. 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-2005-0605 to this issue.

Users of OpenMotif are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contains a backported security patch to the embedded libXpm library.

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 endian4ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian3ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems4s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems4s390
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems3s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems3s390
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation3ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation2ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation2i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server3ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server2ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server2i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop3i386

Updated Packages

  • openmotif-devel-2.2.3-9.RHEL4.1.s390x.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.2.3-5.RHEL3.2.s390.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.2.3-9.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.2.3-5.RHEL3.2.i386.rpm
  • openmotif21-2.1.30-11.RHEL4.4.ia64.rpm
  • openmotif-2.1.30-13.21AS.5.ia64.rpm
  • openmotif-2.2.3-5.RHEL3.2.i386.rpm
  • openmotif-2.2.3-5.RHEL3.2.ia64.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.2.3-9.RHEL4.1.ppc.rpm
  • openmotif-2.2.3-9.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm
  • openmotif-2.1.30-13.21AS.5.i386.rpm
  • openmotif-2.2.3-9.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
  • openmotif21-2.1.30-9.RHEL3.6.ia64.rpm
  • openmotif-2.2.3-5.RHEL3.2.s390x.rpm
  • openmotif-2.2.3-5.RHEL3.2.ppc.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.2.3-5.RHEL3.2.ia64.rpm
  • openmotif-2.2.3-9.RHEL4.1.s390.rpm
  • openmotif21-2.1.30-11.RHEL4.4.i386.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.2.3-9.RHEL4.1.s390.rpm
  • openmotif21-2.1.30-9.RHEL3.6.i386.rpm
  • openmotif-2.2.3-5.RHEL3.2.x86_64.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.2.3-9.RHEL4.1.ia64.rpm
  • openmotif-2.2.3-9.RHEL4.1.s390x.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.2.3-9.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
  • openmotif-2.2.3-9.RHEL4.1.ppc64.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.1.30-13.21AS.5.ia64.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.2.3-5.RHEL3.2.s390x.rpm
  • openmotif-2.2.3-5.RHEL3.2.s390.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.2.3-5.RHEL3.2.ppc.rpm
  • openmotif-2.2.3-5.RHEL3.2.ppc64.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.2.3-5.RHEL3.2.x86_64.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.1.30-13.21AS.5.i386.rpm
  • openmotif-2.2.3-9.RHEL4.1.ia64.rpm
  • openmotif-2.2.3-9.RHEL4.1.ppc.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

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