USN-5428-1: libXrandr vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2016-7947   CVE-2016-7948  

Several security issues were fixed in libXrandr.

Details

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXrandr incorrectly handled certain
responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2016-7947, CVE-2016-7948)