Explore top 10 tips to secure your open-source projects now. Read More

×
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 573
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 573

Fedora 25: libXfixes Moderate: Integer Overflow Security Update

fedora
Calendar Grey October 10, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Patch released for libXfixes targeting CVE-2016-7944 security flaw in Fedora 25. Update advised.
Security fix for CVE-2016-7944

Summary

X Fixes library.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-7944

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update fedora integer overflow libxfixes

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1381865 - CVE-2016-7944 libXfixes: Insufficient validation of server responses results in Integer overflow https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381865

Update Instructions

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

Name: libXfixes
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 5.0.3
Release: 1.fc25
URL: https://www.x.org/wiki/
Summary: X Fixes library

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update fedora integer overflow libxfixes

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.