PT-2016-7439 · X.Org+3 · Libxi+3

Tobias Stoeckmann · Published 2016-10-12 · Updated 2022-09-28 · CVE-2016-7946

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions X.org libXi versions prior to 1.7.7

Description The issue allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop. This is achieved through vectors involving length fields.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.7.7, update to version 1.7.7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1028

CVE-2016-7946

DLA-685-1

MGASA-2018-0011

SUSE-SU-2016:2505-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2828-1

SUSE-SU-2016:3047-1

SUSE-SU-2016:3189-1

USN-5646-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Libxi

References · 56

• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0011.html · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2018-1028 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7946 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7946 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2828-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KVTZ2XLPKLASQUIQA2GMKKAUOQIUMM7I · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7945 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7946 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C3NTWIWSQ575GREBVAOUQUIMDL5CDVGP · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0011 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7946 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:3047-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2016-7946 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-5646-1 · Vendor Advisory