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Debian DSA-2683-1 Critical: Libxi Buffer Overflow Risk and DoS Issue

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Calendar Grey May 23, 2013
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A significant patch for libxi resolves multiple vulnerabilities that may result in unauthorized privilege elevation or service interruption.
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 handl...

Summary

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), these problems have been fixed in
version 2:1.3-8.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 2:1.6.1-1+deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 2:1.6.1-1+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxi packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: libxi
CVE ID: CVE-2013-1984 CVE-2013-1995 CVE-2013-1998

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