Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51555
Category:	Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2002:548
Summary:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2002:548
Description:	The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2002:548. Window Maker[1] is a very popular window manager. Al Viro reported a vulnerability[2] in a function that is used when Window Maker loads images. This function is used, for example, when a new background image is configured, and when previewing themes. This function calculates the ammount of memory necessary to load the image by doing a multiplication. It does not, however, check the result of this multiplication, which could suffer an integer overflow and not fit into the destination variable. Given a sufficiently large height and/or width parameter, a less than needed ammount of memory would be allocated, which would result in a buffer overflow later on when the image is actually loaded. A possible scenario for this vulnerability could be that of an attacker making a specially crafted image available and convincing an unsuspecting user to set it as a background image. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2002:548 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002002 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 6119 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-1277 Debian Security Information: DSA-190 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-190 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2002:548 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000548 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-085.php http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-009.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-043.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10560.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6119
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