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SUSE: CVE-2018-15857: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-15857: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/25/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
11/17/2018
Modified
10/22/2021

Description

An invalid free in ExprAppendMultiKeysymList in xkbcomp/ast-build.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon keymap parsers or possibly have unspecified other impact by supplying a crafted keymap file.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libxkbcommon-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxkbcommon-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxkbcommon-x11-0
  • suse-upgrade-libxkbcommon-x11-0-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxkbcommon-x11-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxkbcommon-x11-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxkbcommon0
  • suse-upgrade-libxkbcommon0-32bit

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:3685-1
  • USN-3786-1
  • USN-3786-2
  • CVE-2018-15857

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