USN-5437-1

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXfixes incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libxfixes

Package

Name: libxfixes
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxfixes@1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1:5.*

1:5.0.1-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-7944"
        }
    ]
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5437-1.json"