ALBA-2021:4533 ibus bug fix update
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Check this codebase for ALBA-2021:4533 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: ALBA-2021:4533 is a vulnerability in ibus, published on 9 Nov 2021.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of ALBA-2021:4533 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: ibus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/ALBA-2021-4533/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/ALBA-2021-4533/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is ALBA-2021:4533?
ALBA-2021:4533 is a vulnerability in ibus, published on 9 Nov 2021.
Official description
The Intelligent Input Bus (IBus) is an input method framework for multilingual input in Unix-like operating systems.
Bug fix:
- Previously, in GNOME Wayland desktop in AlmaLinux 8.5, the IBus emoji candidate pop-up was used with IBus UI and the selected candidate could not inserted into the target input focus smartly. With this update, the IBus emoji candidate pop-up is used with GNOME-Shell UI in GNOME Wayland desktop and the selected candidate is inserted into the input focus correctly. (BZ#2014064)
Which versions are affected by ALBA-2021:4533?
Linux distribution packages (8)
ibus AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 1.5.19-14.el8_5 |
ibus-devel AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 1.5.19-14.el8_5 |
ibus-devel-docs AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 1.5.19-14.el8_5 |
ibus-gtk2 AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 1.5.19-14.el8_5 |
ibus-gtk3 AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 1.5.19-14.el8_5 |
ibus-libs AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 1.5.19-14.el8_5 |
ibus-setup AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 1.5.19-14.el8_5 |
ibus-wayland AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 1.5.19-14.el8_5 |
How do I fix ALBA-2021:4533?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is ALBA-2021:4533 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of ALBA-2021:4533 in the wild and no public exploit code.