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Ilja van Sprundel of IOActive discovered several security issues in multiple components of the X.org graphics stack and the related libraries: Various integer overflows, sign handling errors in integer conversions, buffer overflows, memory corruption and missing input
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2677-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
May 23, 2013 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libxrender
Vulnerability : several
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2013-1987
Ilja van Sprundel of IOActive discovered several security issues in
multiple components of the X.org graphics stack and the related
libraries: Various integer overflows, sign handling errors in integer
conversions, buffer overflows, memory corruption and missing input
sanitising may lead to privilege escalation or denial of service.
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:0.9.6-1+squeeze1.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:0.9.7-1+deb7u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:0.9.7-1+deb7u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libxrender packages.
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these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
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