Bug 170150 - CAN-2005-3178 xloadimage NIFF buffer overflow
Summary: CAN-2005-3178 xloadimage NIFF buffer overflow
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: xloadimage
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
low
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Martin Stransky
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Whiteboard: impact=low,source=bugtraq,public=2005...
Depends On: 1782722 1874227
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-10-07 19:22 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2020-08-31 18:15 UTC (History)
0 users

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2005-802
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2005-10-18 15:50:50 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:802 0 low SHIPPED_LIVE Low: xloadimage security update 2005-10-18 04:00:00 UTC

Description Josh Bressers 2005-10-07 19:22:29 UTC 
A number of buffer overflow issues when processing NIFF images was reported to
bugtraq:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112862493918840&w=2

These issues are triggered by constructing a NIFF image with a very long
embedded image title.
Comment 1 Josh Bressers 2005-10-07 19:23:25 UTC 
This issue should also affect RHEL2.1 and RHEL3
Comment 2 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-10-18 15:50:50 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-802.html
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