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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53819
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian Security Advisory DSA 069-1 (xloadimage)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to xloadimage;announced via advisory DSA 069-1.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to xloadimage
announced via advisory DSA 069-1.

Vulnerability Insight:
The version of xloadimage (a graphics files viewer for X) that was
shipped in Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has a buffer overflow in the code that
handles FACES format images. This could be exploited by an attacker by
tricking someone into viewing a specially crafted image using xloadimage
which would allow him to execute arbitrary code.

This problem was fixed in version 4.1-5potato1.

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-2001-0775
BugTraq ID: 3006
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3006
Bugtraq: 20010710 xloadimage remote exploit - tstot.c (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195823
Debian Security Information: DSA-069 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-069
Debian Security Information: DSA-695 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-088.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SA:2001:024 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_024_xli_txt.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6821.php
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