SB2013052421 - Input validation error in libxfixes (Alpine package)
Published: May 24, 2013
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013052421
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-2013-1983)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Integer overflow in X.org libXfixes 5.0 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the XFixesGetCursorImage function.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=eabb0f3cb4212d491cfbf155d6160c2127d2d1f5
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=fa88d453291b06577cd3d2ac14825e7c909c28c3
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=6211fb83065e085a07d01cb7fe64f0ca338c3b00
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=adad53cfd12db1c1f98f8beafae12554e5a9a8f1
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b26655eaa38290e14b41bf0dd3645030445f42d7