Mageia: 2018-0377 Moderate: LibX11 DoS And Code Execution Risks
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September 21, 2018
Updated libx11 packages fix security vulnerabilities: An issue was discovered in XListExtensions in ListExt.c in libX11 through 1.6.5
Summary
Updated libx11 packages fix security vulnerabilities:
An issue was discovered in XListExtensions in ListExt.c in libX11 through
1.6.5. A malicious server can send a reply in which the first string
overflows, causing a variable to be set to NULL that will be freed later
on, leading to DoS (segmentation fault) (CVE-2018-14598).
An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function
XListExtensions in ListExt.c is vulnerable to an off-by-one error caused
by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified
other impact (CVE-2018-14599).
An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function
XListExtensions in ListExt.c interprets a variable as signed instead of
unsigned, resulting in an out-of-bounds write (of up to 128 bytes),
leading to DoS or remote code execution (CVE-2018-14600).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23474
- https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6
- - https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3758-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14598
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14599
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14600
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/libx11-1.6.5-1.1.mga6
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Publication date: 20 Sep 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0377.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-14598,
CVE-2018-14599,
CVE-2018-14600
Topics Covered
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