CVE-2018-14599
Description
An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c is vulnerable to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified other impact.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
X.Org Foundation
oss-project·USaka xorg-server, xlib, libx11
x.org
oss-project·US
canonical
commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
and 5 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/
usn.ubuntu.com
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062
bugzilla.suse.com
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=b469da1430cdcee06e31c6251b83aede072a1ff0
cgit.freedesktop.org
and 13 more references View all →
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