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USN-6408-2: libXpm vulnerabilities

Publication date

23 October 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in libXpm.

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Details

USN-6408-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in libXpm. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Yair Mizrahi discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain malformed
XPM image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted
XPM image file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to consume
memory, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-43786)

Yair Mizrahi discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain malformed
XPM image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted
XPM image file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libXpm to
crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2023-43787)

Alan Coopersmith discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled...

USN-6408-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in libXpm. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Yair Mizrahi discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain malformed
XPM image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted
XPM image file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to consume
memory, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-43786)

Yair Mizrahi discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain malformed
XPM image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted
XPM image file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libXpm to
crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2023-43787)

Alan Coopersmith discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain
malformed XPM image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted XPM image file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause libXpm to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-43788,
CVE-2023-43789)

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic libxpm4 –  1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1  
16.04 xenial libxpm4 –  1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm2  
14.04 trusty libxpm4 –  1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm2  

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