Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in xli, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
xli NIFF Image Title Handling Buffer Overflow
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17124
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17124/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
xli 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4732/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in xli, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is related to:
SA17087
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.17.0. Other versions
may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Restrict use to only trusted NIFF images.
Some Linux vendors have released patches.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Debian:
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-859
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17087:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17087/
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