Improper Input Validation Affecting libXtst package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.98% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBXTST-1357294
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed25 Sept 2016

Introduced: 25 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-7952  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 libXtst.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libXtst package and not the libXtst package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

X.org libXtst before 1.2.3 allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a reply in the (1) XRecordStartOfData, (2) XRecordEndOfData, or (3) XRecordClientDied category without a client sequence and with attached data.