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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-7952: libxtst Out of boundary access and endless loop

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-7952: libxtst Out of boundary access and endless loop

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/20/2017
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

X.org libXtst before 1.2.3 allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a reply in the (1) XRecordStartOfData, (2) XRecordEndOfData, or (3) XRecordClientDied category without a client sequence and with attached data.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-libxtst

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