CVE-2022-4883

Publication date 17 January 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

A flaw was found in libXpm. When processing files with .Z or .gz extensions, the library calls external programs to compress and uncompress files, relying on the PATH environment variable to find these programs, which could allow a malicious user to execute other programs by manipulating the PATH environment variable.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxpm 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.22.10.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable
motif 24.10 oracular
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation

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Notes

alexmurray

motif contains a vendored copy of libxpm under lib/Xm/ with files prefixed by Xpm eg. the file src/parse.c in libxpm is lib/Xm/Xpmparse.c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5807-1
    • libXpm vulnerabilities
    • 17 January 2023
    • USN-5807-2
    • libXpm vulnerabilities
    • 21 February 2023

Other references