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Debian: Security Advisory for libx11 (DSA-4920-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'libx11' package(s) announced via the DSA-4920-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

Roman Fiedler reported that missing length validation in various functions provided by libx11, the X11 client-side library, allow to inject X11 protocol commands on X clients, leading to authentication bypass, denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'libx11' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.6.7-1+deb10u2. We recommend that you upgrade your libx11 packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)