GLSA 201810-05: xkbcommon: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	xkbcommon: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	10/30/2018
Bugs:	#665702
ID:	201810-05

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in xkbcommon, the worst of which may lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

xkbcommon is a library to handle keyboard descriptions, including loading them from disk, parsing them and handling their state.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
x11-libs/libxkbcommon	< 0.8.2	>= 0.8.2	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxkbcommon. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A local attacker could supply a specially crafted keymap file possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libxkbcommon users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/libxkbcommon-0.8.2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201810-05.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.