Security Bulletin: IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot is affected by vulnerabilities in X.Org libXv.

Summary

IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot has addressed the following vulnerabilities in X.Org libXv.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot has addressed the following vulnerabilities in X.Org libXv.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-5407

Description: X.Org libXv could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a memory corruption error. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.

CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117552&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2013-2066

Description: X.Org libXv is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow within the XvQueryPortAttributes() function. By persuading a victim to connect to a malicious X server, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84509&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2013-1989

Description: X.Org libXv is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by muliple integer overflows within the XvQueryPortAttributes(), XvListImageFormats(), and XvCreateImage() functions. By persuading a victim to connect to a malicious X server, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84508&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Affected products and versions

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

References

• Complete CVSS V2 Guide
• On-line Calculator V2
• Complete CVSS V3 Guide
• On-line Calculator V3

Related Information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Lenovo Product Security Advisories

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
21 November, 2017: Original Version Published

• The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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