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).
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History
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References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102073 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=e83722768fd5c467ef61fa159e8c6278770b45c2 - Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/ - | |
References | () https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/ - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/ - Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2018-08-24 19:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 03:49
NVD link : CVE-2018-14598
Mitre link : CVE-2018-14598
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-14598
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Products Affected
x.org
- libx11
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
debian
- debian_linux
fedoraproject
- fedora
CWE
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation