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openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2016:3059-1 (libXfixes)

From:  opensuse-security@opensuse.org
To:  opensuse-updates@opensuse.org
Subject:  openSUSE-SU-2016:3059-1: moderate: Security update for libXfixes
Date:  Thu, 8 Dec 2016 18:08:54 +0100 (CET)
Message-ID:  <20161208170854.0E730F7C8@maintenance.suse.de>

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libXfixes ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:3059-1 Rating: moderate References: #1002995 Cross-References: CVE-2016-7944 Affected Products: openSUSE 13.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update for libXfixes fixes a security issue: - insufficient validation of data from the X server could cause an integer overflow on 32 bit architectures (boo#1002995, CVE-2016-7944). Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 13.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1429=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64): libXfixes-debugsource-5.0.1-4.3.1 libXfixes-devel-5.0.1-4.3.1 libXfixes3-5.0.1-4.3.1 libXfixes3-debuginfo-5.0.1-4.3.1 - openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64): libXfixes-devel-32bit-5.0.1-4.3.1 libXfixes3-32bit-5.0.1-4.3.1 libXfixes3-debuginfo-32bit-5.0.1-4.3.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7944.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1002995


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