ISOMAN

CVE

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).

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource

References

  1. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6
  2. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177
  3. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543
  4. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
  5. https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102073
  6. https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=e83722768fd5c467ef61fa159e8c6278770b45c2
  7. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html
  8. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/
  9. https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html
  10. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01
  11. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/
  12. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/
  13. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6
  14. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177
  15. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543
  16. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
  17. https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102073
  18. https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=e83722768fd5c467ef61fa159e8c6278770b45c2
  19. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html
  20. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/