PT-2016-7444 · X.Org+2 · Libxtst+2

Tobias Stoeckmann · Published 2016-10-12 · Updated 2020-11-23 · CVE-2016-7951

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libXtst versions prior to 1.2.3

Description The issue is caused by multiple integer overflows in libXtst, which can be exploited by remote X servers. This is due to the lack of range checks, allowing out-of-bounds memory access operations to be triggered.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.2.3, update to version 1.2.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Integer Overflow

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-3326

ALT-PU-2020-3330

ALT-PU-2020-3399

CVE-2016-7951

DLA-686-1

MGASA-2018-0011

SUSE-SU-2016:2505-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2828-1

SUSE-SU-2016:3189-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Libxtst

References · 52

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0011.html · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2020-3326 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7951 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVEUZRHYY3AJEKMFQ4DS7DX3Y2AICFP7 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7951 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:3189-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2828-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2020-3330 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2020-3399 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFLHX7WNEUXXDAGR324T35L5P6RRR7GE · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2016-7951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2505-1 · Vendor Advisory