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Mageia 8: 2022-0438 Moderate: Libx11 Memory Leak Issues Fixed

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Calendar Grey November 24, 2022
Dist Mageia Esm H88
A recent update to libx11 packages resolves memory leak vulnerabilities in Mageia 8. The associated security advisory MGASA-2022-0438 provides further insights.
Memory leak in XRegisterIMInstantiateCallback()

Summary

Memory leak in XRegisterIMInstantiateCallback(). (CVE-2022-3554) Memory leak in _XFreeX11XCBStructure(). (CVE-2022-3555)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31137

- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2022-November/012923.html

- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2022-November/003253.html

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- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3554

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3555

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update software fix memory leak libx11 CVE issue Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/libx11-1.7.0-1.3.mga8

Severity
medium
Lowest
Low
Medium
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Critical

Publication date: 24 Nov 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0438.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-3554, CVE-2022-3555

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update software fix memory leak libx11 CVE issue Mageia

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