libxkbcommon vulnerabilities

6 November 2018

libxkbcommon vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in libxkbcommon.

Software Description

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

Details

USN-3786-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in libxkbcommon. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory 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)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

libxkbcommon-x11-0 - 0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1

libxkbcommon0 - 0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

• USN-3786-1
• 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