1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5428-1

USN-5428-1: libXrandr vulnerabilities

Publication date

18 May 2022

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in libXrandr.

Releases

Packages

Details

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXrandr incorrectly handled certain
responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2016-7947, CVE-2016-7948)

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXrandr incorrectly handled certain
responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2016-7947, CVE-2016-7948)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial libxrandr2 –  2:1.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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