Executive Summary



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Summary
Title libxfixes vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-1858-1 First vendor Publication 2013-06-05
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2013-06-05
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.04 - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in libxfixes.

Software Description: - libxfixes: X11 miscellaneous fixes extension library

Details:

Ilja van Sprundel discovered multiple security issues in various X.org libraries and components. An attacker could use these issues to cause applications to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 13.04:
libxfixes3 1:5.0-4ubuntu5.13.04.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
libxfixes3 1:5.0-4ubuntu5.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libxfixes3 1:5.0-4ubuntu4.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1858-1
CVE-2013-1983

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxfixes/1:5.0-4ubuntu5.13.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxfixes/1:5.0-4ubuntu5.12.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxfixes/1:5.0-4ubuntu4.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1858-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16773
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16773
Title: USN-1858-1 -- libxfixes vulnerability
Description: Several security issues were fixed in libxfixes.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): usn-1858-1
CVE-2013-1983
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 13.04
Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
Product(s): libxfixes
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19908
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19908
Title: DSA-2676-1 libxfixes - several
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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2676-1
CVE-2013-1983
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/Linux 7
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7
Product(s): libxfixes
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25568
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25568
Title: SUSE-SU-2013:1097-2 -- Security update for xorg-x11-libXfixes
Description: This update of xorg-x11-libXfixes fixed a integer overflow issue. Bug 815451/821667 CVE-2013-1983 Security Issues: * CVE-2013-1983 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1983 >
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): SUSE-SU-2013:1097-2
CVE-2013-1983
Version: 3
Platform(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
Product(s): xorg-x11-libXfixes
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25682
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25682
Title: SUSE-SU-2013:1097-1 -- Security update for xorg-x11-libXfixes
Description: This update of xorg-x11-libXfixes fixes a integer overflow issue (bnc#815451, bnc#821667, CVE-2013-1983). Security Issue reference: * CVE-2013-1983 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1983 >
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): SUSE-SU-2013:1097-1
CVE-2013-1983
Version: 3
Platform(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
Product(s): xorg-x11-libXfixes
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26146
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26146
Title: SUSE-SU-2014:0900-1 -- Security update for xorg-x11-libXfixes
Description: This is a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS roll up update of xorg-x11-libXfixes, fixing a security issue.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): SUSE-SU-2014:0900-1
CVE-2013-1983
Version: 3
Platform(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
Product(s): xorg-x11-libXfixes
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 6

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File : centos_RHSA-2014-1436.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-04 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20141014_X11_client_libraries_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-10-14 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2014-1436.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2013-488.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-05-16 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201405-07.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-30 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_xorg-x11-libXfixes-130612.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-9147.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-06-29 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_xorg-x11-libXfixes-130531.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-06-06 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1858-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-06-05 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_2eebebffcd3b11e28f09001b38c3836c.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-05-28 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-9088.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-05-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2676.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 12:02:04
  • Multiple Updates
2013-06-17 21:21:29
  • Multiple Updates
2013-06-16 00:21:28
  • Multiple Updates
2013-06-05 21:19:26
  • First insertion