Input validation error in libxres - CVE-2013-1988
Published: June 15, 2013 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33890
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1988
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: xorg.freedesktop.org
Affected software:
libxres
libxres
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1988
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106880.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00155.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2688
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1864-1
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23