Comment 20 for bug 13779

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 23:28:34 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
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Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: xfree86 4.1.0-16woody6 available to fix CAN-2005-0605

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On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 03:35:32AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> The following URL contains source and binary packages for powerpc resolvi=
ng
> CAN-2005-0605[1], which is described as:
>=20
> The XPM library's scan.c file may allow attackers to execute arbitrary =
code
> by crafting a malicious XPM image file containing a negative bitmap_unit
> value that provokes a buffer overflow.
>=20
> http://redwald.deadbeast.net/tmp/CAN-2005-0605/

Can someone tell me what the status of this is?

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