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Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for libxkbcommon (EulerOS-SA-2021-2113)

Information

Severity

Severity

Low

Family

Family

Huawei EulerOS Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

2.1

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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 Huawei EulerOS 'libxkbcommon' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2021-2113 advisory.

Insight

Insight

An infinite loop when reaching EOL unexpectedly in compose/parser.c (aka the keymap parser) in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to cause a denial of service during parsing of crafted keymap files.(CVE-2018-15856) Unchecked NULL pointer usage in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because the XkbFile for an xkb_geometry section was mishandled.(CVE-2018-15855) Unchecked NULL pointer usage in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because geometry tokens were desupported incorrectly.(CVE-2018-15854)

Affected Software

Affected Software

'libxkbcommon' package(s) on Huawei EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0.

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)