Debian Security Advisory
DLA-801-1 libxpm -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 26 Jan 2017
- Affected Packages:
- libxpm
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-10164.
- More information:
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Tobias Stoeckmann discovered a vulnerability in the libXpm library that could cause a malicious attacker to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted XPM file.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 1:3.5.10-1+deb7u1.We recommend that you upgrade your libxpm packages.
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