Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libx11 package, versions <2:1.6.10-1
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- published 31 Jul 2020
- disclosed 5 Aug 2020
Introduced: 31 Jul 2020
CVE-2020-14344 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable libx11 to version 2:1.6.10-1 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 Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable 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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-14344
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-14344
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14344
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4VDDSAYV7XGNRCXE7HCU23645MG74OFF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7AVXCQOSCAPKYYHFIJAZ6E2C7LJBTLXF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XY4H2SIEF2362AMNX5ZKWAELGU7LKFJB/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-18
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-July/003050.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/31/1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00031.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4487-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4487-2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4VDDSAYV7XGNRCXE7HCU23645MG74OFF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7AVXCQOSCAPKYYHFIJAZ6E2C7LJBTLXF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XY4H2SIEF2362AMNX5ZKWAELGU7LKFJB/