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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-14598: Moderate: Xorg security and bug fix update (CESA-2019:2079)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-14598: Moderate: Xorg security and bug fix update (CESA-2019:2079)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/24/2018
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

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).

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-gdm
  • centos-upgrade-gdm-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-gdm-devel
  • centos-upgrade-gdm-pam-extensions-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libx11
  • centos-upgrade-libx11-common
  • centos-upgrade-libx11-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libx11-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libxkbcommon
  • centos-upgrade-libxkbcommon-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libxkbcommon-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libxkbcommon-x11
  • centos-upgrade-libxkbcommon-x11-devel
  • centos-upgrade-mesa-libglw
  • centos-upgrade-mesa-libglw-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-mesa-libglw-devel
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-drv-ati
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-drv-ati-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-drv-vesa
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-drv-vesa-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-drv-wacom
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-drv-wacom-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-drv-wacom-devel
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-common
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-devel
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-source
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xdmx
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyr
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnest
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorg
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfb
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xwayland

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