SB2016101937 - Input validation error in libxrender (Alpine package)
Published: October 19, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016101937
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) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7949)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) XvQueryAdaptors and (2) XvQueryEncodings functions in X.org libXrender before 0.9.10 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds write operations via vectors involving length fields.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.