Bug 1611599 – CVE-2015-9262 libxcursor: 1-byte heap-based overflow in _XcursorThemeInherits function in library.c

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Bug 1611599 - (CVE-2015-9262) CVE-2015-9262 libxcursor: 1-byte heap-based overflow in _XcursorThemeInherits function in library.c

Summary:	CVE-2015-9262 libxcursor: 1-byte heap-based overflow in _XcursorThemeInherits...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2015-9262

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1611668
Blocks:	1611600
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Reported:	2018-08-02 08:57 EDT by Pedro Sampaio
Modified:	2018-10-30 03:26 EDT (History)
CC List:	9 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	libxcursor 1.1.15
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2018:3059	None	None	None	2018-10-30 03:26 EDT

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Description Pedro Sampaio 2018-08-02 08:57:33 EDT

_XcursorThemeInherits in library.c in libXcursor before 1.1.15 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service or potentially code execution via a one-byte heap overflow.

Upstream bug:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90857

Upstream patch:

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=897213f36baf6926daf6d192c709cf627aa5fd05

Comment 1 Stefan Cornelius 2018-08-02 11:11:06 EDT

Statement:

This issue affects the versions of libXcursor as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 03:26:34 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:3059 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3059

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