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Bug#298939: xfree86 4.1.0-16woody6 available to fix CAN-2005-0605



On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 03:35:32AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> The following URL contains source and binary packages for powerpc resolving
> CAN-2005-0605[1], which is described as:
> 
>   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.
> 
> http://redwald.deadbeast.net/tmp/CAN-2005-0605/

Can someone tell me what the status of this is?

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