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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM USN-5646-1 Critical: libxi Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey September 28, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities in libxi have been resolved in Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5646-1. Take immediate steps to protect your system.
Several security issues were fixed in libxi.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in libxi.

Software Description:

- libxi: X11 Input extension library

Details:

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXi did not properly manage memory

when handling X server responses. A remote attacker could use this issue

to cause libXi to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical memory management ubuntu libxi

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
   libxi6                          2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5646-1

CVE-2016-7945, CVE-2016-7946

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September 28, 2022

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security advisory denial of service critical memory management ubuntu libxi

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