Improper Input Validation Affecting libxrender package, versions <0.9.9-r2
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- published22 Sept 2019
- disclosed22 Sept 2019
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 22 Sep 2019
CVE-2016-7949 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.3 libxrender to version 0.9.9-r2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxrender package and not the libxrender package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.3 relevant fixed versions and status.
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) XvQueryAdaptors and (2) XvQueryEncodings functions in X.org libXrender before 0.9.10 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds write operations via vectors involving length fields.
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7WCKZFMZ76APAVMIRCUKKHEB4GAS7ZUP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZHUT5YOSWVMBJNWZGUQNZRBFIZKRM4A6/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXrender/commit/?id=9362c7ddd1af3b168953d0737877bc52d79c94f4
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93366
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945