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CVE-2013-2005

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-2013-2005 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2013-2005
Phase	Assigned(20130219)

Description

X.org libXt 1.1.3 and earlier does not check the return value of the XGetWindowProperty function, which allows X servers to trigger use of an uninitialized pointer and memory corruption via vectors related to the (1) ReqCleanup, (2) HandleSelectionEvents, (3) ReqTimedOut, (4) HandleNormal, and (5) HandleSelectionReplies functions.

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-2680
FEDORA	FEDORA-2013-9098
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2013:1008
UBUNTU	USN-1865-1