Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting xorg-x11-server-common package, versions <0:1.20.4-7.amzn2.0.1
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed25 Aug 2018
Introduced: 25 Aug 2018
CVE-2018-15856 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 xorg-x11-server-common to version 0:1.20.4-7.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1433.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-x11-server-common package and not the xorg-x11-server-common package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
An infinite loop when reaching EOL unexpectedly in compose/parser.c (aka the keymap parser) in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to cause a denial of service during parsing of crafted keymap files.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15856
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-05
- https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/842e4351c2c97de6051cab6ce36b4a81e709a0e1
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039232.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-2/