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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-14344): libx11 vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-14344): libx11 vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/31/2020
Created
09/05/2020
Added
09/03/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in The X Input Method (XIM) client was implemented in libX11 before version 1.6.10. As per upstream this is security relevant when setuid programs call XIM client functions while running with elevated privileges. No such programs are shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libx11-6

References

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