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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2020.0334
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2020-0334)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libx11, x11-proto-devel' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0334 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libx11, x11-proto-devel' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0334 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The X Input Method (XIM) client implementation in libX11 has some integer
overflows and signed/unsigned comparison issues that can lead to heap
corruption when handling malformed messages from an input method
(CVE-2020-14344).

The libx11 package has been updated to version 1.6.10 which fixes this issue.

The x11-proto-devel package has been updated to remove the
'/usr/include/X11/extensions/XKBgeom.h' header file which has been moved to
the libx11-devel package.

Affected Software/OS:
'libx11, x11-proto-devel' package(s) on Mageia 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.6

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-14344
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14344
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4VDDSAYV7XGNRCXE7HCU23645MG74OFF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7AVXCQOSCAPKYYHFIJAZ6E2C7LJBTLXF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XY4H2SIEF2362AMNX5ZKWAELGU7LKFJB/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-18
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-July/003050.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/31/1
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1162 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00014.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1164 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00015.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1182 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00024.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1198 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00031.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4487-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4487-2/
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