Improper Input Validation Affecting gdm-pam-extensions-devel package, versions <1:3.28.2-16.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.82% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GDMPAMEXTENSIONSDEVEL-2538418
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 Aug 2018

Introduced: 24 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-14598  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 gdm-pam-extensions-devel to version 1:3.28.2-16.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2079.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gdm-pam-extensions-devel package and not the gdm-pam-extensions-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in XListExtensions in ListExt.c in libX11 through 1.6.5. A malicious server can send a reply in which the first string overflows, causing a variable to be set to NULL that will be freed later on, leading to DoS (segmentation fault).