Resource Exhaustion Affecting xorg-x11-server-common package, versions <0:1.20.4-7.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-XORGX11SERVERCOMMON-2536612
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed25 Aug 2018

Introduced: 25 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-15853  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 xorg-x11-server-common to version 0:1.20.4-7.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2079.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Endless recursion exists in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon and libxkbcommon before 0.8.1, which could be used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon users by supplying a crafted keymap file that triggers boolean negation.

CVSS Base Scores

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