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Fedora 23 LibXrandr Security Advisory: Critical Fix for Bugs

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Calendar Grey November 1, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Essential security patch for libXrandr in Fedora 23 targeting integer overflow vulnerabilities and improper data handling issues.
Security fix for CVE-2016-7947, CVE-2016-7948

Summary

X.Org X11 libXrandr runtime library

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-7947, CVE-2016-7948

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora critical fix integer overflow data mishandling libXrandr

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1381872 - CVE-2016-7947 libXrandr: Insufficient validation of server responses result in Integer overflows https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381872 [ 2 ] Bug #1381873 - CVE-2016-7948 libXrandr: Insufficient validation of server responses result in various data mishandlings https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381873

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade libXrandr' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: libXrandr
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 1.5.1
Release: 1.fc23
URL: https://www.x.org/wiki/
Summary: X.Org X11 libXrandr runtime library

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora critical fix integer overflow data mishandling libXrandr

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