The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has libxkbcommon packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in LookupModMask in     xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used     by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference)     the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file     with invalid virtual modifiers. (CVE-2018-15862)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in ResolveStateAndPredicate     in xkbcomp/compat.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be     used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer     dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted     keymap file with a no-op modmask expression.
    (CVE-2018-15863)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in resolve_keysym in     xkbcomp/parser.y in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used     by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference)     the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file,     because a map access attempt can occur for a map that     was never created. (CVE-2018-15864)

  - Endless recursion exists in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon     and libxkbcommon before 0.8.1, which could be used by     local attackers to crash xkbcommon users by supplying a     crafted keymap file that triggers boolean negation.
    (CVE-2018-15853)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage when parsing invalid atoms     in ExprResolveLhs in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon before     0.8.2 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL     pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a     crafted keymap file, because lookup failures are     mishandled. (CVE-2018-15859)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in ExprResolveLhs in     xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used     by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference)     the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file     that triggers an xkb_intern_atom failure.
    (CVE-2018-15861)

  - An invalid free in ExprAppendMultiKeysymList in     xkbcomp/ast-build.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be     used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon keymap     parsers or possibly have unspecified other impact by     supplying a crafted keymap file. (CVE-2018-15857)

  - An infinite loop when reaching EOL unexpectedly in     compose/parser.c (aka the keymap parser) in xkbcommon     before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to cause a     denial of service during parsing of crafted keymap     files. (CVE-2018-15856)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in xkbcommon before 0.8.1     could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer     dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted     keymap file, because the XkbFile for an xkb_geometry     section was mishandled. (CVE-2018-15855)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in xkbcommon before 0.8.1     could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer     dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted     keymap file, because geometry tokens were desupported     incorrectly. (CVE-2018-15854)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has xorg-x11-drv-ati packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An issue was discovered in XListExtensions in ListExt.c in libX11 through 1.6.5. A malicious server can     send a reply in which the first string overflows, causing a variable to be set to NULL that will be freed     later on, leading to DoS (segmentation fault). (CVE-2018-14598)

  - An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c is vulnerable     to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified other     impact. (CVE-2018-14599)

  - An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c interprets a     variable as signed instead of unsigned, resulting in an out-of-bounds write (of up to 128 bytes), leading     to DoS or remote code execution. (CVE-2018-14600)

  - Endless recursion exists in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon and libxkbcommon before 0.8.1, which could be used     by local attackers to crash xkbcommon users by supplying a crafted keymap file that triggers boolean     negation. (CVE-2018-15853)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL     pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because geometry tokens were     desupported incorrectly. (CVE-2018-15854)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL     pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because the XkbFile for an     xkb_geometry section was mishandled. (CVE-2018-15855)

  - An infinite loop when reaching EOL unexpectedly in compose/parser.c (aka the keymap parser) in xkbcommon     before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to cause a denial of service during parsing of crafted     keymap files. (CVE-2018-15856)

  - An invalid free in ExprAppendMultiKeysymList in xkbcomp/ast-build.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be     used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon keymap parsers or possibly have unspecified other impact by     supplying a crafted keymap file. (CVE-2018-15857)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage when parsing invalid atoms in ExprResolveLhs in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon     before 0.8.2 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by     supplying a crafted keymap file, because lookup failures are mishandled. (CVE-2018-15859)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in ExprResolveLhs in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used     by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap     file that triggers an xkb_intern_atom failure. (CVE-2018-15861)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in LookupModMask in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used by     local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap     file with invalid virtual modifiers. (CVE-2018-15862)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in ResolveStateAndPredicate in xkbcomp/compat.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2     could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a     crafted keymap file with a no-op modmask expression. (CVE-2018-15863)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in resolve_keysym in xkbcomp/parser.y in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used     by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap     file, because a map access attempt can occur for a map that was never created. (CVE-2018-15864)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has mesa-libGLw packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An issue was discovered in XListExtensions in ListExt.c in libX11 through 1.6.5. A malicious server can     send a reply in which the first string overflows, causing a variable to be set to NULL that will be freed     later on, leading to DoS (segmentation fault). (CVE-2018-14598)

  - An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c is vulnerable     to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified other     impact. (CVE-2018-14599)

  - An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c interprets a     variable as signed instead of unsigned, resulting in an out-of-bounds write (of up to 128 bytes), leading     to DoS or remote code execution. (CVE-2018-14600)

  - Endless recursion exists in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon and libxkbcommon before 0.8.1, which could be used     by local attackers to crash xkbcommon users by supplying a crafted keymap file that triggers boolean     negation. (CVE-2018-15853)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL     pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because geometry tokens were     desupported incorrectly. (CVE-2018-15854)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL     pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because the XkbFile for an     xkb_geometry section was mishandled. (CVE-2018-15855)

  - An infinite loop when reaching EOL unexpectedly in compose/parser.c (aka the keymap parser) in xkbcommon     before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to cause a denial of service during parsing of crafted     keymap files. (CVE-2018-15856)

  - An invalid free in ExprAppendMultiKeysymList in xkbcomp/ast-build.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be     used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon keymap parsers or possibly have unspecified other impact by     supplying a crafted keymap file. (CVE-2018-15857)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage when parsing invalid atoms in ExprResolveLhs in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon     before 0.8.2 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by     supplying a crafted keymap file, because lookup failures are mishandled. (CVE-2018-15859)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in ExprResolveLhs in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used     by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap     file that triggers an xkb_intern_atom failure. (CVE-2018-15861)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in LookupModMask in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used by     local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap     file with invalid virtual modifiers. (CVE-2018-15862)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in ResolveStateAndPredicate in xkbcomp/compat.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2     could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a     crafted keymap file with a no-op modmask expression. (CVE-2018-15863)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in resolve_keysym in xkbcomp/parser.y in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used     by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap     file, because a map access attempt can occur for a map that was never created. (CVE-2018-15864)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-2079 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in XListExtensions in ListExt.c in libX11 through 1.6.5. A malicious server can     send a reply in which the first string overflows, causing a variable to be set to NULL that will be freed     later on, leading to DoS (segmentation fault). (CVE-2018-14598)

  - An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c is vulnerable     to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified other     impact. (CVE-2018-14599)

  - Endless recursion exists in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon and libxkbcommon before 0.8.1, which could be used     by local attackers to crash xkbcommon users by supplying a crafted keymap file that triggers boolean     negation. (CVE-2018-15853)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL     pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because the XkbFile for an     xkb_geometry section was mishandled. (CVE-2018-15855)

  - An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c interprets a     variable as signed instead of unsigned, resulting in an out-of-bounds write (of up to 128 bytes), leading     to DoS or remote code execution. (CVE-2018-14600)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL     pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because geometry tokens were     desupported incorrectly. (CVE-2018-15854)

  - An infinite loop when reaching EOL unexpectedly in compose/parser.c (aka the keymap parser) in xkbcommon     before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to cause a denial of service during parsing of crafted     keymap files. (CVE-2018-15856)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage when parsing invalid atoms in ExprResolveLhs in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon     before 0.8.2 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by     supplying a crafted keymap file, because lookup failures are mishandled. (CVE-2018-15859)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in ResolveStateAndPredicate in xkbcomp/compat.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2     could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a     crafted keymap file with a no-op modmask expression. (CVE-2018-15863)

  - An invalid free in ExprAppendMultiKeysymList in xkbcomp/ast-build.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be     used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon keymap parsers or possibly have unspecified other impact by     supplying a crafted keymap file. (CVE-2018-15857)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in ExprResolveLhs in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used     by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap     file that triggers an xkb_intern_atom failure. (CVE-2018-15861)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in LookupModMask in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used by     local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap     file with invalid virtual modifiers. (CVE-2018-15862)

  - Unchecked NULL pointer usage in resolve_keysym in xkbcomp/parser.y in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used     by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap     file, because a map access attempt can occur for a map that was never created. (CVE-2018-15864)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201810-05 (xkbcommon: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    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.

This update for libxkbcommon to version 0.8.2 fixes the following issues :

Fix a few NULL-dereferences, out-of-bounds access and undefined behavior in the XKB text format parser.

CVE-2018-15853: Endless recursion could have been used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon users by supplying a crafted keymap file that triggers boolean negation (bsc#1105832).

CVE-2018-15854: Unchecked NULL pointer usage could have been used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because geometry tokens were desupported incorrectly (bsc#1105832).

CVE-2018-15855: Unchecked NULL pointer usage could have been used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because the XkbFile for an xkb_geometry section was mishandled (bsc#1105832).

CVE-2018-15856: An infinite loop when reaching EOL unexpectedly could be used by local attackers to cause a denial of service during parsing of crafted keymap files (bsc#1105832).

CVE-2018-15857: An invalid free in ExprAppendMultiKeysymList could have been used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon keymap parsers or possibly have unspecified other impact by supplying a crafted keymap file (bsc#1105832).

CVE-2018-15858: Unchecked NULL pointer usage when handling invalid aliases in CopyKeyAliasesToKeymap could have been used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file (bsc#1105832).

CVE-2018-15859: Unchecked NULL pointer usage when parsing invalid atoms in ExprResolveLhs could have been used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because lookup failures are mishandled (bsc#1105832).

CVE-2018-15861: Unchecked NULL pointer usage in ExprResolveLhs could have been used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file that triggers an xkb_intern_atom failure (bsc#1105832).

CVE-2018-15862: Unchecked NULL pointer usage in LookupModMask could have been used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file with invalid virtual modifiers (bsc#1105832).

CVE-2018-15863: Unchecked NULL pointer usage in ResolveStateAndPredicate could have been used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file with a no-op modmask expression (bsc#1105832).

CVE-2018-15864: Unchecked NULL pointer usage in resolve_keysym could have been used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file, because a map access attempt can occur for a map that was never created (bsc#1105832).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Security Fix(es) :

  - libX11: Crash on invalid reply in XListExtensions in     ListExt.c (CVE-2018-14598)

  - libX11: Off-by-one error in XListExtensions in ListExt.c     (CVE-2018-14599)

  - libX11: Out of Bounds write in XListExtensions in     ListExt.c (CVE-2018-14600)

  - libxkbcommon: Invalid free in ExprAppendMultiKeysymList     resulting in a crash (CVE-2018-15857)

  - libxkbcommon: Endless recursion in xkbcomp/expr.c     resulting in a crash (CVE-2018-15853)

  - libxkbcommon: NULL pointer dereference resulting in a     crash (CVE-2018-15854)

  - libxkbcommon: NULL pointer dereference when handling     xkb_geometry (CVE-2018-15855)

  - libxkbcommon: Infinite loop when reaching EOL     unexpectedly resulting in a crash (CVE-2018-15856)

  - libxkbcommon: NULL pointer dereference when parsing     invalid atoms in ExprResolveLhs resulting in a crash     (CVE-2018-15859)

  - libxkbcommon: NULL pointer dereference in ExprResolveLhs     resulting in a crash (CVE-2018-15861)

  - libxkbcommon: NULL pointer dereference in LookupModMask     resulting in a crash (CVE-2018-15862)

  - libxkbcommon: NULL pointer dereference in     ResolveStateAndPredicate resulting in a crash     (CVE-2018-15863)

  - libxkbcommon: NULL pointer dereference in resolve_keysym     resulting in a crash (CVE-2018-15864)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
164573	Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-5.16)	Nessus	Misc.	9/1/2022	4/10/2024	critical
132511	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : libxkbcommon Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0246)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	12/31/2019	1/14/2021	high
174058	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : xorg-x11-drv-ati Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2023-0026)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	4/11/2023	4/11/2023	critical
174065	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : mesa-libGLw Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2023-0024)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	4/11/2023	4/11/2023	critical
180786	Oracle Linux 7 : Xorg (ELSA-2019-2079)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	9/7/2023	9/7/2023	critical
118794	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : libxkbcommon vulnerabilities (USN-3786-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	11/7/2018	10/21/2023	high
118505	GLSA-201810-05 : xkbcommon: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	10/31/2018	1/31/2022	high
120161	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libxkbcommon (SUSE-SU-2018:3685-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/2/2019	7/10/2024	high
128206	Scientific Linux Security Update : Xorg on SL7.x x86_64 (20190806)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	8/27/2019	5/1/2024	critical
164608	Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-5.11.2)	Nessus	Misc.	9/1/2022	7/10/2024	critical

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