<p>Upgrade <code>Alpine:3.15</code> <code>libx11</code> to version 1.6.6-r0 or higher.</p>

Off-by-one Error Affecting libx11 package, versions <1.6.6-r0

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Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE315-LIBX11-1927050
published 25 Sep 2018
disclosed 24 Aug 2018

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Introduced: 24 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-14599 Open this link in a new tab CWE-193 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.15 libx11 to version 1.6.6-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 issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c is vulnerable to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified other impact.

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CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Off-by-one Error Affecting libx11 package, versions <1.6.6-r0

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