CVE-2013-2005

Publication date 23 May 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

X.org libXt 1.1.3 and earlier does not check the return value of the XGetWindowProperty function, which allows X servers to trigger use of an uninitialized pointer and memory corruption via vectors related to the (1) ReqCleanup, (2) HandleSelectionEvents, (3) ReqTimedOut, (4) HandleNormal, and (5) HandleSelectionReplies functions.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libxt	13.04 raring	Fixed 1:1.1.3-1ubuntu0.13.04.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 1:1.1.3-1ubuntu0.12.10.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1:1.1.1-2ubuntu0.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 1:1.0.7-1ubuntu0.1

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Patch details

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libxt	Upstream: ?id=eae

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1865-1
libxt vulnerabilities
5 June 2013

Other references

http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2680
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2005