Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in libX11 affect IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM)

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM) has addressed the following vulnerabilities in libX11.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-7942

Description: X.Org libX11 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds read in the XGetImage() function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.

CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117541 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2013-7439

Description: libX11 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by MakeBigReq macro. By sending an overly long MakeBigReq() value, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102137 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2013-1981

Description: X.Org libX11 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by multiple integer overflow errors within the XQueryFont(), _XF86BigfontQueryFont(), XListFontsWithInfo(), XGetMotionEvents(), XListHosts(), XGetModifierMapping(), XGetPointerMapping(), XGetKeyboardMapping(), XGetWindowProperty(), and XGetImage() functions. By sending specially-crafted data, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84494 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2013-1997

Description: X.Org libX11 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by multiple integer overflow errors within the XAllocColorCells(), _XkbReadGetDeviceInfoReply(), _XkbReadGeomShapes(), _XkbReadGetGeometryReply(), _XkbReadKeySyms(), _XkbReadKeyActions(), _XkbReadKeyBehaviors(), _XkbReadModifierMap(), _XkbReadExplicitComponents(), _XkbReadVirtualModMap(), _XkbReadGetNamesReply(), _XkbReadGetMapReply(), _XimXGetReadData(), XListFonts(), XListExtensions(), and XGetFontPath() functions. By sending specially-crafted data, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84495 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2013-2004

Description: X.Org libX11 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by multiple integer overflow errors within the GetDatabase() and _XimParseStringFile() functions. By sending specially-crafted data, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84496 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Affected products and versions

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

References

• Complete CVSS V2 Guide
• On-line Calculator V2
• Complete CVSS V3 Guide
• On-line Calculator V3

Related Information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Lenovo Product Security Advisories

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
31 May, 2017: Original Version Published

* The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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