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CVE-2013-2179 Details

Description

X.Org xdm 1.1.10, 1.1.11, and possibly other versions, when performing authentication using certain implementations of the crypt API function that can return NULL, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) by attempting to log into an account whose password field contains invalid characters, as demonstrated using the crypt function from glibc 2.17 and later with (1) the "!" character in the salt portion of a password field or (2) a password that has been encrypted using DES or MD5 in FIPS-140 mode.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xdm/commit/?id=8d1eb5c74413e4c9a21f689fc106949b121c0117 CVEExploitPatch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00002.html CVE
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10682 CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/13/8 CVE
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xdm/commit/?id=8d1eb5c74413e4c9a21f689fc106949b121c0117 [email protected]ExploitPatch

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-310Cryptographic Issues[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
x x display manager
1.1.10
1.1.11

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:x:x_display_manager:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:x:x_display_manager:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-2179
NVD Published Date:
Dec 27, 2013
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2013-2179 Details - Not Deferred