ibus bug fix and enhancement update

ibus Updated 02 Oct 2025

Summary

10/05/2022

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Yes i

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Not published

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ALBA-2022:1822: ibus bug fix and enhancement update. Affects ibus versions < 1.5.19-14.el8_5. Fixed in 1.5.19-14.el8_5. How to fix ↓

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Background

ibus is an input bus framework for multilingual input in Unix-like operating systems. It provides full featured and user friendly input method user interface. The package includes various components such as ibus, ibus-devel, ibus-devel-docs, ibus-gtk2, ibus-gtk3, ibus-libs, ibus-setup, and ibus-wayland.

Vulnerability Detail

This update fixes a vulnerability in the ibus package. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability originates from a flaw in the way ibus handles certain input methods. By exploiting this flaw, an attacker could send specially crafted input to a vulnerable system, leading to the execution of arbitrary code or a system crash.

How To Fix

Minimum fixed version

1.5.19-14.el8_5

This is the first release that contains the fix.

sudo dnf update ibus

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Conclusion

This update addresses a vulnerability in the ibus package that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition. It is recommended to update the ibus package to version 1.5.19-14.el8_5 or later to mitigate this vulnerability. For further support on vulnerability remediation, please contact DevNack.com.

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