X.org XRecord out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in X.org XRecord. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-7951. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in X.org XRecord (affected version not known). It has been classified as very critical. Affected is some unknown functionality. 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 libXtst before 1.2.3 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds memory access operations by leveraging the lack of range checks.

The weakness was disclosed 10/05/2016 by Tobias Stoeckmann with OpenBSD (Website). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-7951 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. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/22/2022).

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 93370†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1036945†). The entries VDB-92463, VDB-92464, VDB-92465 and VDB-92466 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 900049
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OpenVAS ID: 855131
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for libXtst FEDORA-2016-b26b497381
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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 🔍
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10/06/2016 +1 days 🔍
12/13/2016 +68 days 🔍
09/22/2022 +2109 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: x.org

Advisory: FEDORA-2016-c1d4b1df79
Researcher: Tobias Stoeckmann
Organization: OpenBSD
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7951 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7951
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92472
SecurityFocus: 93370 - X.Org libXtst CVE-2016-7951 Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036945

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/06/2016 21:12
Updated: 09/22/2022 14:46
Changes: 10/06/2016 21:12 (65), 05/03/2019 23:26 (12), 09/22/2022 14:46 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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