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CVE-2005-3178 Detail

Current Description

Buffer overflow in xloadimage 4.1 and earlier, and xli, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long title name in a NIFF file, which triggers the overflow during (1) zoom, (2) reduce, or (3) rotate operations.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.62/SCOSA-2005.62.txt CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.56/SCOSA-2005.56.txt CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112862493918840&w=2 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://secunia.com/advisories/17087/ CVE, Debian GNU/Linux Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17124 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://secunia.com/advisories/17139 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://secunia.com/advisories/17140 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://secunia.com/advisories/17143 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://secunia.com/advisories/17206 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://secunia.com/advisories/17273 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://secunia.com/advisories/17282 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://secunia.com/advisories/17369 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://secunia.com/advisories/18050 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://secunia.com/advisories/18170 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://secunia.com/advisories/18491 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015072 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-013.htm CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-858 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-859 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-26.xml CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:192 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-802.html CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433935/30/5010/threaded CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15051 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10590 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-3178
NVD Published Date:
10/07/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Debian GNU/Linux