CVE-2018-14598

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).
References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102073 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=e83722768fd5c467ef61fa159e8c6278770b45c2 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102073 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=e83722768fd5c467ef61fa159e8c6278770b45c2 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/ Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:49

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () 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 () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079 -
References () https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102073 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () 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 () 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 () 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/ - () 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 () 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 () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/ - Third Party Advisory () 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