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openSUSE Security Update : libXv (openSUSE-2016-1423)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 95647

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libXv fixes the following issues :

 - insufficient validation of data from the X server could cause memory corruption (boo#1003017, CVE-2016-5407)

Solution

Update the affected libXv packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1003017

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 95647

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1423.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/8/2016

Updated: 1/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2016-5407

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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxv1-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxv-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxv1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxv-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxv1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxv1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxv-debugsource

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5407