vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2025-49179: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:C) | Jun 17, 2025 | Aug 8, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:C)
Published
Jun 17, 2025
Added
Aug 8, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the X Record extension. The RecordSanityCheckRegisterClients function does not check for an integer overflow when computing request length, which allows a client to bypass length checks.
Solutions
alpine-linux-upgrade-xorg-serveralpine-linux-upgrade-xwayland
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