ELA-980-1 libxpm security update

multiple vulnerabilities

2023-10-05
Packagelibxpm
Version1:3.5.12-0+deb8u3 (jessie), 1:3.5.12-1+deb9u2 (stretch)
Related CVEs CVE-2023-43786 CVE-2023-43787 CVE-2023-43788 CVE-2023-43789


Several vulnerabilities were found in libXpm, the X Pixmap (XPM) image library.

CVE-2023-43786

Yair Mizrahi discovered an infinite recursion issue when parsing
crafted XPM files, which would result in denial of service.

CVE-2023-43787

Yair Mizrahi discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in libX11
when parsing crafted XPM files, which could result in denial of
service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2023-43788

Alan Coopersmith found an out of bounds read in
XpmCreateXpmImageFromBuffer, which could result in denial of
service when parsing crafted XPM files.

CVE-2023-43789

Alan Coopersmith discovered an out of bounds read issue when
parsing corrupted colormaps, which could lead to denial of
service when parsing crafted XPM files.


For Debian 8 jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 1:3.5.12-0+deb8u3.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1:3.5.12-1+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxpm packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.