Out-of-Bounds Affecting libXrandr-debuginfo package, versions <0:1.4.1-2.1.8.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.26% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-LIBXRANDRDEBUGINFO-1680070
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed15 Jun 2013

Introduced: 15 Jun 2013

CVE-2013-1997  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 libXrandr-debuginfo to version 0:1.4.1-2.1.8.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2014-452.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libXrandr-debuginfo package and not the libXrandr-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple buffer overflows in X.org libX11 1.5.99.901 (1.6 RC1) and earlier allow X servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted length or index values to the (1) XAllocColorCells, (2) _XkbReadGetDeviceInfoReply, (3) _XkbReadGeomShapes, (4) _XkbReadGetGeometryReply, (5) _XkbReadKeySyms, (6) _XkbReadKeyActions, (7) _XkbReadKeyBehaviors, (8) _XkbReadModifierMap, (9) _XkbReadExplicitComponents, (10) _XkbReadVirtualModMap, (11) _XkbReadGetNamesReply, (12) _XkbReadGetMapReply, (13) _XimXGetReadData, (14) XListFonts, (15) XListExtensions, and (16) XGetFontPath functions.

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