SB2013052414 - Input validation error in libxres (Alpine package)
Published: May 24, 2013
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013052414
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1988)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXRes 1.0.6 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the (1) XResQueryClients and (2) XResQueryClientResources functions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b262cf6c02f0e15dc88618b6a9e1298ace184057
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=2aa2f9343b9ab8ece8f437d58d78cb8324f7a010
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=466fbad7bf64a2f19d2d4271a1fe0557da2be23a
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5085262d55a50ebb9f793b40d891cb5727f3ad43