USN-3185-1

It was discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain XPM files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted XPM file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libXpm to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libxpm

Package

Name: libxpm
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxpm@1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1:3.*

1:3.5.10-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxpm-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxpm4",
            "binary_version": "1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xpmutils",
            "binary_version": "1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libxpm

Package

Name: libxpm
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxpm@1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

1:3.*

1:3.5.11-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxpm-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxpm4",
            "binary_version": "1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xpmutils",
            "binary_version": "1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}