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xloadimage: buffer overflows

Package(s):xloadimage CVE #(s):CAN-2005-3178
Created:October 10, 2005 Updated:May 15, 2006
Description: Three buffer overflows were discovered in xloadimage when handling the image title name. A malicious user can construct a NIFF file that when viewed and processed (with either zoom, reduce or rotate) by xloadimage, will cause the program to overwrite the return address and execute arbitrary code.
Alerts:
Fedora-Legacy FLSA:152923 2006-05-12
Gentoo 200510-26 2005-10-30
Mandriva MDKSA-2005:192 2005-10-20
Red Hat RHSA-2005:802-01 2005-10-18
Debian DSA-859-1 2005-10-10
Debian DSA-858-1 2005-10-10
Fedora FEDORA-2005-981 2005-10-10
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