Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201710-29

Severity: High
Date : 2017-10-21
CVE-ID : CVE-2017-12176 CVE-2017-12177 CVE-2017-12178 CVE-2017-12183
Package : xorg-server
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-443

Summary

The package xorg-server before version 1.19.5-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution

Upgrade to 1.19.5-1.

pacman -Syu “xorg-server>=1.19.5-1”

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 1.19.5.

Workaround

None.

Description

• CVE-2017-12176 (arbitrary code execution)

A security issue has been found in xorg-server, due to a missing
validation of the extra length in ProcEstablishConnection().

• CVE-2017-12177 (arbitrary code execution)

A security issue has been found in the double buffer extension
component of xorg-server, due to a missing validation of the length of
a variable-length request in ProcDbeGetVisualInfo().

• CVE-2017-12178 (arbitrary code execution)

A security issue has been found in the Xi component of xorg-server, due
to an invalid length check in ProcXIChangeHierarchy.

• CVE-2017-12183 (arbitrary code execution)

A security issue has been found in the xfixes component of xorg-server,
where buffer lengths were not correctly validated.

Impact

An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally or remotely,
can cause a denial of service by crashing the server, or execute
arbitrary code on the affected host.

References

https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2017-October/054871.html
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=b747da5e25be944337a9cd1415506fc06b70aa81
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=4ca68b878e851e2136c234f40a25008297d8d831
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=859b08d523307eebde7724fd1a0789c44813e821
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=55caa8b08c84af2b50fbc936cf334a5a93dd7db5
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-12176
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-12177
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-12178
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-12183