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CVE-2013-2004

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2013-06-04	xorg -- protocol handling issues in X Window System client libraries

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CVE-2013-2004 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2013-2004
Phase	Assigned(20130219)

Description

The (1) GetDatabase and (2) _XimParseStringFile functions in X.org libX11 1.5.99.901 (1.6 RC1) and earlier do not restrict the recursion depth when processing directives to include files, which allows X servers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted file.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[oss-security] 20130523 Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] X.Org Security Advisory: Protocol handling issues in X Window System client libraries
CONFIRM	http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23
DEBIAN	DSA-2693
UBUNTU	USN-1854-1