SB2016101939 - Out-of-bounds read in libxtst (Alpine package)
Published: October 19, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016101939
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7951)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXtst before 1.2.3 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds memory access operations by leveraging the lack of range checks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.