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USN-1857-1: libxext vulnerability

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USN-1857-1: libxext vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/15/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/08/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXext 1.3.1 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the (1) XcupGetReservedColormapEntries, (2) XcupStoreColors, (3) XdbeGetVisualInfo, (4) XeviGetVisualInfo, (5) XShapeGetRectangles, and (6) XSyncListSystemCounters functions.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxext6

References

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