Gentoo: GLSA-202310-12 Normal: libxkbcommon Denial of Service Vulnerability
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October 30, 2018
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in xkbcommon, the worst of which may lead to a Denial of Service condition.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxkbcommon. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All libxkbcommon users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/libxkbcommon-0.8.2"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2018-15853 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15853 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-15854 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15854 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-15855 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15855 [ 4 ] CVE-2018-15856 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15856 [ 5 ] CVE-2018-15857 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15857 [ 6 ] CVE-2018-15858 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15858 [ 7 ] CVE-2018-15859 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15859 [ 8 ] CVE-2018-15861 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15861 [ 9 ] CVE-2018-15862 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15862 [ 10 ] CVE-2018-15863 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15863 [ 11 ] CVE-2018-15864 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15864
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-05
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: xkbcommon: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 30, 2018
Bugs: #665702
ID: 201810-05
Topics Covered
Background
xkbcommon is a library to handle keyboard descriptions, including
loading them from disk, parsing them and handling their state.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 x11-libs/libxkbcommon < 0.8.2 >= 0.8.2
Impact
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A local attacker could supply a specially crafted keymap file possibly
resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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