NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting xorg-x11-server-common package, versions <0:1.20.4-7.el7
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed30 Oct 2017
Introduced: 30 Oct 2017
CVE-2018-15859 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 xorg-x11-server-common to version 0:1.20.4-7.el7 or higher.
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 Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
Unchecked NULL pointer usage when parsing invalid atoms in ExprResolveLhs in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because lookup failures are mishandled.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15859
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-05
- https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/commit/bb4909d2d8fa6b08155e449986a478101e2b2634
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039243.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3786-2/