Out-of-Bounds Affecting libxv package, versions <1.0.10-r2
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- published13 Dec 2016
- disclosed13 Dec 2016
Introduced: 13 Dec 2016
CVE-2016-5407 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.3 libxv to version 1.0.10-r2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxv package and not the libxv package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.3 relevant fixed versions and status.
The (1) XvQueryAdaptors and (2) XvQueryEncodings functions in X.org libXv before 1.0.11 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds memory access operations via vectors involving length specifications in received data.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5407
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5407
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3IA7BLB4C3JOYVU6UASGUJQJKUF6TO7E/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AE2VJOFA3EZA566RERQB54TFY56FROZR/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXv/commit/?id=d9da580b46a28ab497de2e94fdc7b9ff953dab17
- 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/93368
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5407
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3IA7BLB4C3JOYVU6UASGUJQJKUF6TO7E/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AE2VJOFA3EZA566RERQB54TFY56FROZR/