All errata/c7/ALT-PU-2017-2407-1
ALT-PU-2017-2407-1

Package update xorg-server in branch c7

Version1.14.5-alt3.M70C.1
Task#190547
Published2017-10-10
Max severityHIGH
Severity:

Closed issues (2)

CVE-2017-13721
MEDIUM4.7

In X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.19.4, an attacker authenticated to an X server with the X shared memory extension enabled can cause aborts of the X server or replace shared memory segments of other X clients in the same session.

Published: 2017-10-10Modified: 2025-08-29
CVSS 2.0LOW 1.9
CVSS:2.0/AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS 3.xMEDIUM 4.7
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
CVE-2017-13723
HIGH7.8

In X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.19.4, a local attacker authenticated to the X server could overflow a global buffer, causing crashes of the X server or potentially other problems by injecting large or malformed XKB related atoms and accessing them via xkbcomp.

Published: 2017-10-10Modified: 2025-08-29
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6
CVSS:2.0/AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS 3.xHIGH 7.8
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References