Denial of Service Vulnerability in X.org libX11 1.5.99.901 (1.6 RC1) and Earlier

Denial of Service Vulnerability in X.org libX11 1.5.99.901 (1.6 RC1) and Earlier

CVE-2013-2004 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The (1) GetDatabase and (2) _XimParseStringFile functions in X.org libX11 1.5.99.901 (1.6 RC1) and earlier do not restrict the recursion depth when processing directives to include files, which allows X servers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted file.

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