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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-7944: X.Org: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-7944: X.Org: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

Integer overflow in X.org libXfixes before 5.0.3 on 32-bit platforms might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via a length value of INT_MAX, which triggers the client to stop reading data and get out of sync.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-base-xorg-server
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libice
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libxdmcp
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libxfixes
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libxi
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libxrandr
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libxrender
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libxv

References

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