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SUSE: CVE-2016-7942: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-7942: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/13/2016
Modified
08/12/2021

Description

The XGetImage function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving image type and geometry, which triggers out-of-bounds read operations.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libx11-6
  • suse-upgrade-libx11-6-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libx11-data
  • suse-upgrade-libx11-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libx11-xcb1
  • suse-upgrade-libx11-xcb1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxfixes-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxfixes3
  • suse-upgrade-libxfixes3-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxi-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxi6
  • suse-upgrade-libxi6-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxrandr-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxrandr2
  • suse-upgrade-libxrandr2-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxrender-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxrender1
  • suse-upgrade-libxrender1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxtst-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxtst6
  • suse-upgrade-libxtst6-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxv-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxv1
  • suse-upgrade-libxv1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxvmc-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxvmc1
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-libx11
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-libx11-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-libx11-devel
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-libx11-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-libx11-x86

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2505-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2828-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:3001-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:3054-1
  • 93363
  • 1036945
  • GLSA-201704-03
  • USN-3758-1
  • USN-3758-2
  • CVE-2016-7942
  • DLA-684-1
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