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Fedora 23 Moderate: libXv Security Update for Out-Of-Bounds Access

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Calendar Grey November 1, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
A patch for libXv in Fedora 23 tackles CVE-2016-5407, enhancing server reliability for improved application performance.
Security fix for CVE-2016-5407

Summary

X.Org X11 libXv runtime library

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-5407

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora security fix server access out-of-bounds libXv

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1381931 - CVE-2016-5407 libXv: Insufficient validation of server responses results in out-of bounds accesses https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381931

Update Instructions

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

Name: libXv
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 1.0.11
Release: 1.fc23
URL: https://www.x.org/wiki/
Summary: X.Org X11 libXv runtime library

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora security fix server access out-of-bounds libXv

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