CVE-2022-4883

Name	CVE-2022-4883
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
libxpm (PTS)	buster, bullseye	1:3.5.12-1	vulnerable
	sid, bookworm	1:3.5.12-1.1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
libxpm	source	(unstable)	1:3.5.12-1.1

Notes

[bullseye] - libxpm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - libxpm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/17/2
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/515294bb8023a45ff916696d0a14308ff4f3a376 (libXpm-3.5.15)
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/8178eb0834d82242e1edbc7d4fb0d1b397569c68 (libXpm-3.5.15)