SB2016101945 - Buffer overflow in libxv (Alpine package)
Published: October 19, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016101945
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) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5407)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=518828b1c11d1427085dbd4f8b605bc64593347f
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=00c0d0b37ed78ec5eb99beb9d464eea9a59595fd
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b2820a7bb79081788581c1c527281642d6341fc2
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ed1503d2efe5cb5899616fd977454712f4edd679