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FreeBSD: VID-FE99D3CA-A63A-11E8-A7C6-54E1AD3D6335 (CVE-2018-14598): libX11 -- Multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-FE99D3CA-A63A-11E8-A7C6-54E1AD3D6335 (CVE-2018-14598): libX11 -- Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/21/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
08/23/2018
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

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).

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-libx11

References

  • USN-3758-1
  • USN-3758-2
  • CVE-2018-14598

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