IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot has addressed the following vulnerabilities in X.Org libXrender.
Summary
IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot has addressed the following vulnerabilities in X.Org libXrender.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-7949
Description: X.Org libXrender could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds memory write error. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117548> for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2016-7950
Description: X.Org libXrender could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds memory write error. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117549> for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected products and versions
Product | Version |
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IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot | 9.6 |
Remediation/Fixes
Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/>
Product | Fix Version |
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IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot | |
(ibm_fw_dsa_dsyte2w-9.65) | dsyte2w-9.65 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
References
Related Information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Lenovo Product Security Advisories
Acknowledgement
None.
Change History
21 November, 2017: Original Version Published
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