Package : xfree86 Vulnerability : integer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-2495 CERT advisory : VU#102441
Søren Sandmann discovered a bug in memory allocation for pixmap images, that can cause a crash of the X server or to execute arbitrary code.
The update for the old stable distribution (woody) also contains a different correction for multiple vulnerabilities in libXpm (DSA 607, CAN-2004-0914, Bug#309143), since the old fix contained a regression.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.0-16woody7.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 of X.Org.
We recommend that you upgrade your xfree86 and xorg packages.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - --------------------------------