1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3786-1

USN-3786-1: libxkbcommon vulnerabilities

Publication date

8 October 2018

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in libxkbcommon.

Releases

Packages

  • libxkbcommon - library interface to the XKB compiler - development files

Details

It was discovered that libxkbcommon incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-15853, CVE-2018-15854, CVE-2018-15855, CVE-2018-15856,
CVE-2018-15857, CVE-2018-15858, CVE-2018-15859, CVE-2018-15861,
CVE-2018-15862, CVE-2018-15863, CVE-2018-15864)

It was discovered that libxkbcommon incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-15853, CVE-2018-15854, CVE-2018-15855, CVE-2018-15856,
CVE-2018-15857, CVE-2018-15858, CVE-2018-15859, CVE-2018-15861,
CVE-2018-15862, CVE-2018-15863, CVE-2018-15864)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial libxkbcommon-x11-0 –  0.5.0-1ubuntu2.1
libxkbcommon0 –  0.5.0-1ubuntu2.1
14.04 trusty libxkbcommon-x11-0 –  0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1
libxkbcommon0 –  0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1

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