MGASA-2017-0269

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0269.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0269.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2017-0269
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Published
2017-08-15T09:57:10Z
Modified
2017-08-15T09:40:59Z
Summary
Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerabilities
Details

Eric Sesterhenn discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly compared MIT cookies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing attack and recover the MIT cookie (CVE-2017-2624).

It was discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled endianness conversion of certain X events. An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally or remotely, could use this issue to crash the server, or possibly execute arbitrary code as an administrator (CVE-2017-10971).

It was discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled endianness conversion of certain X events. An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally or remotely, could use this issue to possibly obtain sensitive information (CVE-2017-10972).

Use-after-free issue in an unused function in XDM (boo#1025035).

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / x11-server

Package

Name
x11-server
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/x11-server?distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.16.4-2.2.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}