Debian DSA-2688-1 : libxres - several vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 66572
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Ilja van Sprundel of IOActive discovered several security issues in multiple components of the X.org graphics stack and the related libraries: Various integer overflows, sign handling errors in integer conversions, buffer overflows, memory corruption and missing input sanitising may lead to privilege escalation or denial of service.Solution
Upgrade the libxres packages.For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.0.4-1+squeeze.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.0.6-1+deb7u1.
See Also
https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/libxres
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 66572
File Name: debian_DSA-2688.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 5/24/2013
Updated: 1/11/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxres, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-1988
DSA: 2688