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Fedora 24: libXrandr Security Advisory - Critical Integer Overflow Risks

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Calendar Grey October 9, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Important security patch for Fedora 24 tackling vulnerabilities in libXrandr, specifically focusing on integer overflow problems and improper data management.
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 fedora update critical 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 "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libXrandr' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: libXrandr
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 1.5.1
Release: 1.fc24
URL: https://www.x.org/wiki/
Summary: X.Org X11 libXrandr runtime library

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora update critical integer overflow data mishandling libXrandr

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