Input validation error in libxres - CVE-2013-1988
Published: June 15, 2013 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33890
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1988
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
libxres
Amazon Linux AMI
Ubuntu
Slackware Linux
libxres (Alpine package)
libxv (Alpine package)
libxres1 (Ubuntu package)
Amazon Linux AMI
Ubuntu
Slackware Linux
libxres (Alpine package)
libxv (Alpine package)
libxres1 (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1988
Install update from vendor's website.
libxres (Alpine package) - update to 1.0.6-r1
libxv (Alpine package) - update to 1.0.7-r1
libxres1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:1.0.5-1ubuntu0.1, 2:1.0.6-1ubuntu0.12.10.1, 2:1.0.6-1ubuntu0.13.04.1
libxv (Alpine package) - update to 1.0.7-r1
libxres1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:1.0.5-1ubuntu0.1, 2:1.0.6-1ubuntu0.12.10.1, 2:1.0.6-1ubuntu0.13.04.1
External References
- 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