Executive Summary

Informations
Name MDVSA-2013:139 First vendor Publication 2013-04-10
Vendor Mandriva Last vendor Modification 2013-04-10
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:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

This fixes a format string vulnerability in the LogVHdrMessageVerb function in os/log.c when handling input device names in X.Org X11 server (CVE-2012-2118).

MBS1 is not vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via this vulnerability because of the compiler options that were used to build it, but it can still cause a crash.

Original Source

Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:139

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17036
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17036
Title: USN-1502-1 -- xorg-server vulnerability
Description: The X.Org X server could be made to crash if a specially crafted input device was added.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1502-1
CVE-2012-2118
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 12.04
Product(s): xorg-server
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-08-10 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201207-04 (xorg-server)
File : nvt/glsa_201207_04.nasl
2012-07-16 Name : Ubuntu Update for xorg-server USN-1502-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1502_1.nasl

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-04-20 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2013-139.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-07-12 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1502-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-07-10 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201207-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 11:43:44
  • Multiple Updates
2013-04-10 21:18:29
  • First insertion