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Cent OS: CVE-2013-4396: CESA-2013:1426 (xorg-x11-server)

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Cent OS: CVE-2013-4396: CESA-2013:1426 (xorg-x11-server)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/10/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the doImageText function in dix/dixfonts.c in the xorg-server module before 1.14.4 in X.Org X11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ImageText request that triggers memory-allocation failure.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-common
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-devel
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-source
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xdmx
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyr
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnest
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorg
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfb

References

  • DSA-2784
  • CVE-2013-4396
  • RHSA-2013:1426
  • USN-1990-1

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