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TITLE:
xv Filename Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14485

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14485/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
xv 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/2011/

DESCRIPTION:
Tavis Ormandy has reported a vulnerability in xv, which potentially
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in the
handling of image filenames. This may be exploited to execute
arbitrary code by tricking a user into processing an image with a
specially crafted filename.

SOLUTION:
Do not process images from untrusted sources with strange filenames.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Tavis Ormandy, Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-09.xml

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