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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2822-1 xorg-server -- integer underflow

Date Reported:

18 Dec 2013

Affected Packages:

xorg-server

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2013-6424.

More information:

Bryan Quigley discovered an integer underflow in the Xorg X server which could lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.7-18.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.12.4-6+deb7u2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your xorg-server packages.