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USN-5807-1: libXpm vulnerabilities

Severity

Medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 18.04
• Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

Description

Martin Ettl 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-2022-44617) 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) Alan Coopersmith discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled calling external helper binaries. If libXpm was being used by a setuid binary, a local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-4883) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-5807-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: xpmutils - 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.18.04.2 libxpm-dev - 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.18.04.2 libxpm4 - 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.18.04.2 No subscription required

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-44617, CVE-2022-46285, CVE-2022-4883

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Isolation Segment
  • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.29
  • 2.12.x versions prior to 2.12.19
  • 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.14
  • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.7

• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
  • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.35
  • 2.12.x versions prior to 2.12.24
  • 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.17
  • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.7

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

• Isolation Segment
  • 2.11.29
  • 2.12.19
  • 2.13.14
  • 3.0.7

• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
  • 2.11.35
  • 2.12.24
  • 2.13.17
  • 3.0.7

References

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-44617
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-46285
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-4883
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5807-1
• https://cloudfoundry.org/blog/usn-5807-1

History

2023-04-13: Initial vulnerability report published.