Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM) has addressed the following vulnerability in X.Org libX11.
Vulnerability Details
Summary
IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM) has addressed the following vulnerability in X.Org libX11.
Vulnerability Details
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)
Affected Products and Versions
| Product | Affected Version |
|---|---|
| IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM) | BPET |
Remediation/Fixes
Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/.
| Product | Fix Version |
|---|---|
| IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module
(AMM) ibm_fw_amm_bpet68g-3.68g |
BPET68G-3.68G |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
References
Related Information
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Acknowledgement
None
Change History
07 December 2017: Original Copy Published
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References
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Document Information
Modified date:
14 April 2023
UID
ibm1MIGR-5099741