USN-5437-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5437-1

Import Source

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

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5437-1

Related

Published

2022-05-23T21:47:39.971105Z

Modified

2022-05-23T21:47:39.971105Z

Summary

libxfixes vulnerability

Details

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=src?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

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