SUSE-SU-2018:2955-1

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Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:2955-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2018:2955-1
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Published
2018-09-30T12:06:31Z
Modified
2018-09-30T12:06:31Z
Summary
Security update for libX11
Details

This update for libX11 fixes the following security issues:

  • CVE-2018-14599: The function XListExtensions was vulnerable to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified other impact (bsc#1102062)
  • CVE-2018-14600: The function XListExtensions interpreted 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 (bsc#1102068)
  • CVE-2018-14598: A malicious server could have sent 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) (bsc#1102073)
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 / libX11

Package

Name
libX11
Purl
purl:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.5-3.3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libX11-xcb1-32bit": "1.6.5-3.3.1",
            "libX11-devel": "1.6.5-3.3.1",
            "libX11-6-32bit": "1.6.5-3.3.1",
            "libX11-data": "1.6.5-3.3.1",
            "libX11-xcb1": "1.6.5-3.3.1",
            "libX11-6": "1.6.5-3.3.1"
        }
    ]
}