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Ubuntu: USN-5428-1 (CVE-2016-7948): libXrandr vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5428-1 (CVE-2016-7948): libXrandr vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/13/2016
Created
05/21/2022
Added
05/19/2022
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

X.org libXrandr before 1.5.1 allows remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds write operations by leveraging mishandling of reply data.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxrandr2

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