<p>Upgrade <code>Alpine:3.15</code> <code>libx11</code> to version 1.6.10-r0 or higher.</p>

Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libx11 package, versions <1.6.10-r0

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Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE315-LIBX11-1926891
published 1 Aug 2020
disclosed 5 Aug 2020

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Introduced: 1 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-14344 Open this link in a new tab CWE-190 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.15 libx11 to version 1.6.10-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libx11 package and not the libx11 package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.15 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libx11 package, versions <1.6.10-r0

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