glsa-201801-04.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201801-04">
  <title>LibXcursor: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in LibXcursor might allow remote attackers to
    execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">LibXcursor</product>
  <announced>2018-01-07</announced>
  <revised count="1">2018-01-07</revised>
  <bug>639062</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="x11-libs/libXcursor" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.1.15</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.15</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>X.Org X11 libXcursor runtime library.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>It was discovered that libXcursor is prone to several heap overflows
      when parsing malicious files.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted
      cursor file, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
      the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All LibXcursor users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=x11-libs/libXcursor-1.1.15"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-16612">
      CVE-2017-16612
    </uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-01-05T05:33:40Z">jmbailey</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-01-07T23:27:33Z">jmbailey</metadata>
</glsa>