Access Restriction Bypass
Affecting libxfixes package, versions <1:5.0.1-2+deb8u1
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Overview
Integer overflow in X.org libXfixes before 5.0.3 on 32-bit platforms might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via a length value of INT_MAX, which triggers the client to stop reading data and get out of sync.
References
- CVE Details
- Debian Security Tracker
- Fedora Security Update
- Fedora Security Update
- Gentoo Security Advisory
- OSS security Advisory
- OSS security Advisory
- Security Focus
- Security Tracker
- Ubuntu CVE Tracker
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfixes/commit/?id=61c1039ee23a2d1de712843bed3480654d7ef42e
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
CVSS Score
9.8
high severity
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Attack VectorNetwork
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Attack ComplexityLow
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Privileges RequiredNone
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User InteractionNone
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ScopeUnchanged
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ConfidentialityHigh
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IntegrityHigh
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AvailabilityHigh
- CVE
- CVE-2016-7944
- CWE
- CWE-190 CWE-264
- Snyk ID
- SNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBXFIXES-275470
- Disclosed
- 13 Dec, 2016
- Published
- 13 Dec, 2016