USN-5646-1

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXi did not properly manage memory when handling X server responses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libXi to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libxi

Package

Name: libxi
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxi@2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

2:1.*

2:1.7.4-1

2:1.7.5-1

2:1.7.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxi-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxi-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxi6",
            "binary_version": "2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxi6-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxi6-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxi6-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxi6-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}