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Fedora 25: FEDORA-2016-0df69ab477 Critical LibX11 Update

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Calendar Grey October 9, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Security announcement for Fedora 25 related to vulnerabilities in libX11 documented as CVE-2016-7942 and CVE-2016-7943, featuring essential updates now accessible.
Security fix for CVE-2016-7942, CVE-2016-7943

Summary

Core X11 protocol client library.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-7942, CVE-2016-7943

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical update libx11 server response validation

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1381859 - CVE-2016-7942 libX11: Insufficient validation of server responses in XGetImage() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381859 [ 2 ] Bug #1381861 - CVE-2016-7943 libX11: Insufficient validation of server responses in FontNames https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381861

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libX11' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: libX11
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 1.6.4
Release: 1.fc25
URL: https://www.x.org/wiki/
Summary: Core X11 protocol client library

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical update libx11 server response validation

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