Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2013-1985 is a memory safety flaw in X.org libXinerama 1.1.2 and earlier. A hostile or compromised X server could send data that makes a client allocate too little memory, causing a buffer overflow. Exposure is mainly older Linux or Unix desktop/X11 environments, not typical web-facing services. Likely exposure is systems with X.org libXinerama 1.1.2 or earlier, especially X11 clients that connect to remote, untrusted, or compromised X servers. The provided metadata does not include CPEs or package fixed versions. Treat as a targeted legacy platform risk. Patch standard Linux desktop and X11-enabled systems through normal security update channels, with higher priority for shared workstations, jump hosts, kiosks, and environments using remote X11. Mitigation focus: Apply vendor security updates for libXinerama from the relevant Linux distribution.; Upgrade away from libXinerama 1.1.2 and earlier where applicable.; Avoid connecting X11 clients to untrusted or remote X servers..
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