SB2016102009 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in libx11 (Alpine package)
Published: October 20, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016102009
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) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7942)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The XGetImage function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving image type and geometry, which triggers out-of-bounds read operations.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.