MGASA-2013-0317

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    MGASA-2013-0317

    Published: 25 Oct 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4396

    Summary: Updated x11-server packages fix CVE-2013-4396

    Details: Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerability: Use-after-free vulnerability in the doImageText function in dix/dixfonts.c in the xorg-server module before 1.14.4 in X.Org X11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ImageText request that triggers memory-allocation failure (CVE-2013-4396).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0317.html, http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-4396, http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2013-October/002332.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1426.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11428

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: x11-server

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/x11-server?arch=source&distro=mageia-2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.11.4-2.4.mga2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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