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Buffer Overflow

The libX11 packages contain the core X11 protocol client library.Security Fix(es): libX11: InitExt.c can overwrite unintended portions of the Display structure if the extension request leads to a buffer overflow (CVE-2023-3138) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.Additional Changes:For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Remedy

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:<br><a href="https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258</a>
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Buffer Overflow

The libX11 packages contain the core X11 protocol client library.Security Fix(es): libX11: InitExt.c can overwrite unintended portions of the Display structure if the extension request leads to a buffer overflow (CVE-2023-3138) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.Additional Changes:For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Remedy

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:<br><a href="https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258</a>
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Severity
7.8
Integer Overflow
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to an integer overflow within the XCreateImage() function. This flaw allows a local user to trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

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Source: Launchpad
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Severity
5.5
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to an infinite loop within the PutSubImage() function. This flaw allows a local user to consume all available system resources and cause a denial of service condition.

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Source: Launchpad
First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to a boundary condition within the XkbReadKeySyms() function. This flaw allows a local user to trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read the contents of memory on the system.

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Source: Launchpad
First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Input Validation, Command Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A missing validation flaw was found in libX11. This flaw allows an attacker to inject X11 protocol commands on X clients, and in some cases, also bypass, authenticate (via injection of control characters), or potentially execute arbitrary code with permissions of the application compiled with libX11. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

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Remedy

xterm should not be used to display less trusted data, e.g. from SSH connections to less trusted remote machines. To avoid attacks via .Xdefaults on kiosk type machines, where graphical user has no permission to execute arbitrary operating system commands or sometimes not even to send hardware keyboard keystrokes, the .Xdefaults must not be modifiable by the user.
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Integer Overflow, Double Free

The libX11 packages contain the core X11 protocol client library.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> libX11: integer overflow leads to double free in locale handling (CVE-2020-14363)</li> For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Remedy

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:<br><a href="https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258</a>
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Integer Overflow, Use After Free, Double Free
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An integer overflow vulnerability leading to a double-free was found in libX11. This flaw allows a local privileged attacker to cause an application compiled with libX11 to crash, or in some cases, result in arbitrary code execution. The highest threat from this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity as well as system availability.

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Source: Launchpad
First published (updated )
Severity
6.7
Integer Overflow, Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

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Source: Launchpad
First published (updated )

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