[Secure-testing-team] Bug#840440: libxi: CVE-2016-7945 CVE-2016-7946

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libxi
Version: 2:1.7.4-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch

Hi,

the following vulnerabilities were published for libxi.

CVE-2016-7945[0]:
or all of the integer overflows

CVE-2016-7946[1]:
for all of the other mishandling of the reply data

Note there is an regression in the original fix.

If you fix the vulnerabilities please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) ids in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7945
[1] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7946

Regards,
Salvatore