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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53692
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-694-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xloadimage' package(s) announced via the DSA-694-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xloadimage' package(s) announced via the DSA-694-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in xloadimage, an image viewer for X11. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CAN-2005-0638

Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has reported a flaw in the handling of compressed images, where shell meta-characters are not adequately escaped.

CAN-2005-0639

Insufficient validation of image properties have been discovered which could potentially result in buffer management errors.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 4.1-10woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 4.1-14.2.

We recommend that you upgrade your xloadimage package.

Affected Software/OS:
'xloadimage' package(s) on Debian 3.0.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0638
BugTraq ID: 12712
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12712
Debian Security Information: DSA-695 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433935/30/5010/threaded
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/14365
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10898
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-332.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/14459
http://secunia.com/advisories/14462
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0639
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