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xfig: multiple vulnerabilities

Package(s):xfig CVE #(s):CVE-2009-4227 CVE-2009-4228
Created:January 17, 2011 Updated:August 27, 2012
Description: From the Mandriva advisory:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_1_3_textobject function in f_readold.c in Xfig 3.2.5b and earlier, and in the read_textobject function in read1_3.c in fig2dev in Transfig 3.2.5a and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a malformed .fig file that uses the 1.3 file format. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information (CVE-2009-4227).

Stack consumption vulnerability in u_bound.c in Xfig 3.2.5b and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in a malformed .fig file that uses the 1.3 file format, possibly related to the readfp_fig function in f_read.c (CVE-2009-4228).

Alerts:
Mandriva MDVSA-2011:010 2011-01-15
Fedora FEDORA-2012-11813 2012-08-22
Fedora FEDORA-2012-11801 2012-08-22
Fedora FEDORA-2012-11718 2012-08-27
Fedora FEDORA-2012-11737 2012-08-27

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