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Gentoo: GLSA-200503-15 Normal: libXpm Memory Corruption Threat

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Calendar Grey March 12, 2005
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A flaw in libXpm within X.org may allow for unauthorized remote code execution. Update promptly to reduce the potential security threat.
A new vulnerability has been discovered in libXpm, which is included in X.org, that can potentially lead to remote code execution.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-15 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: X.org: libXpm vulnerability Date: March 12, 2005 Updated: March 12, 2005 Bugs: #83598 ID: 200503-15

Synopsis ======= A new vulnerability has been discovered in libXpm, which is included in X.org, that can potentially lead to remote code execution.
Background ========= libXpm is a pixmap manipulation library for the X Window System, included in X.org.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 x11-base/xorg-x11 < 6.8.2-r1 *>= 6.8.0-r5 >= 6.8.2-r1
========== Chris Gilbert has discovered potentially e...

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