USN-5807-3: libXpm vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• libxpm - X11 pixmap library

Details

USN-5807-1 fixed a vulnerability in libXpm. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Marco Ivaldi discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain XPM files.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
XPM file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libXpm
to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-46285)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04

• xpmutils - 1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libxpm4 - 1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2022-46285

Related notices

• USN-5807-1: libxpm4, xpmutils, libxpm-dev, libxpm
• USN-5807-2: libxpm4, xpmutils, libxpm-dev, libxpm