metadata/glsa/glsa-201810-05.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201810-05">
  <title>xkbcommon: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in xkbcommon, the worst of
    which may lead to a Denial of Service condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">libxkbcommon</product>
  <announced>2018-10-30</announced>
  <revised count="1">2018-10-30</revised>
  <bug>665702</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="x11-libs/libxkbcommon" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.8.2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.8.2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>xkbcommon is a library to handle keyboard descriptions, including
      loading them from disk, parsing them and handling their state.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxkbcommon. Please
      review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A local attacker could supply a specially crafted keymap file possibly
      resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All libxkbcommon users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=x11-libs/libxkbcommon-0.8.2"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15853">CVE-2018-15853</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15854">CVE-2018-15854</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15855">CVE-2018-15855</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15856">CVE-2018-15856</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15857">CVE-2018-15857</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15858">CVE-2018-15858</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15859">CVE-2018-15859</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15861">CVE-2018-15861</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15862">CVE-2018-15862</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15863">CVE-2018-15863</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15864">CVE-2018-15864</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-10-14T16:59:09Z">whissi</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-10-30T20:41:12Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>