SB2013052415 - Input validation error in libxrandr (Alpine package)
Published: May 24, 2013
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013052415
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-2013-1986)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXrandr 1.4.0 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the (1) XRRQueryOutputProperty and (2) XRRQueryProviderProperty functions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=0df792b849962f1e9302b2405f6d846e414e27bc
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=482806163da74da3360b7ec6907f0c3c5c6dfd81
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f4a1e4bfe936b7b1c1364a8ebc769145f060ce25
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=933231c9ba54bd2c00a05cd74406011031315a46