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Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for libX11 (EulerOS-SA-2021-1556)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Huawei EulerOS Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.6

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

3 years ago

Modified

Modified

3 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS 'libX11' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2021-1556 advisory.

Insight

Insight

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.(CVE-2020-14344) 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.(CVE-2020-14363)

Affected Software

Affected Software

'libX11' package(s) on Huawei EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.6.0.

Detection Method

Detection Method

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

Solution

Solution

Please install the updated package(s).

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)