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Fedora 24: FEDORA-2016-c1d4b1df79 Moderate: libXtst Integer Overflow Issues

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Calendar Grey October 9, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Important patch for Fedora 24's libXtst resolves major security flaws, safeguarding system functionality.
Security fix for CVE-2016-7951, CVE-2016-7952

Summary

X.Org X11 libXtst runtime library

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-7951, CVE-2016-7952

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora security fix integer overflow data mishandling libXtst

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1381919 - CVE-2016-7951 libXtst: Insufficient validation of server responses result in Integer overflows https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381919 [ 2 ] Bug #1381922 - CVE-2016-7952 libXtst: Insufficient validation of server responses result in various data mishandlings https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381922

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libXtst' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Name: libXtst
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 1.2.3
Release: 1.fc24
URL: https://www.x.org/wiki/
Summary: X.Org X11 libXtst runtime library

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora security fix integer overflow data mishandling libXtst

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