Numeric Errors Affecting libx11 package, versions <2:1.6.0-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.33% (86th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBX11-339161
- published 16 Apr 2015
- disclosed 16 Apr 2015
Introduced: 16 Apr 2015
CVE-2013-7439 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8
libx11
to version 2:1.6.0-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libx11
package and not the libx11
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
Multiple off-by-one errors in the (1) MakeBigReq and (2) SetReqLen macros in include/X11/Xlibint.h in X11R6.x and libX11 before 1.6.0 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted request, which triggers a buffer overflow.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7439
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3224
- http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-April/002561.html
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56508
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/81
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73962
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-7439
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2568-1