X.org libXi out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in X.org libXi. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2016-7945. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in X.org libXi (the affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXi before 1.7.7 allow remote X servers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access or infinite loop) via vectors involving length fields.

The weakness was released 10/05/2016 by Tobias Stoeckmann with OpenBSD (Website). The advisory is available at openwall.com. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-7945 since 09/09/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 900049 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169243 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for X Window System client libraries (SUSE-SU-2016:2505-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (900049), SecurityFocus (BID 93364†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1036945†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-92463, VDB-92464, VDB-92465 and VDB-92467. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 900049
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OpenVAS ID: 855088
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for libXi FEDORA-2016-cabb6d7ef7
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: cgit.freedesktop.org

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09/09/2016 🔍
10/04/2016 +25 days 🔍
10/05/2016 +1 days 🔍
10/05/2016 +0 days 🔍
10/05/2016 +0 days 🔍
10/06/2016 +1 days 🔍
12/13/2016 +68 days 🔍
09/22/2022 +2109 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: x.org

Advisory: FEDORA-2016-8b122b0997
Researcher: Tobias Stoeckmann
Organization: OpenBSD
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7945 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7945
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92466
SecurityFocus: 93364 - X.Org libXfixes CVE-2016-7945 Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036945

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/06/2016 21:12
Updated: 09/22/2022 14:33
Changes: 10/06/2016 21:12 (65), 05/03/2019 22:41 (12), 09/22/2022 14:33 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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