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Alpine: libxtst: security update to 1.2.2-r1

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 405448

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

 - Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXtst before 1.2.3 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds
 memory access operations by leveraging the lack of range checks. (CVE-2016-7951)

 - X.org libXtst before 1.2.3 allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a
 reply in the (1) XRecordStartOfData, (2) XRecordEndOfData, or (3) XRecordClientDied category without a
 client sequence and with attached data. (CVE-2016-7952)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-7951

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-7952

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 405448

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7951

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7951, CVE-2016-7952

BID: 93370, 93375