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HistoryNov 15, 2018 - 7:12 p.m.

xorg security update

2018-11-1519:12:13
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6.6 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.032 Low

EPSS

Percentile

91.1%

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2018:3410

X.Org is an open-source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user interfaces are designed upon.

Security Fix(es):

  • xorg-x11-server: Incorrect permission check in Xorg X server allows for privilege escalation (CVE-2018-14665)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Red Hat would like to thank Narendra Shinde for reporting this issue.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2018-December/085293.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2018-November/032015.html

Affected packages:
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr
xorg-x11-server-Xnest
xorg-x11-server-Xorg
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb
xorg-x11-server-Xwayland
xorg-x11-server-common
xorg-x11-server-devel
xorg-x11-server-source

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3410

6.6 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.032 Low

EPSS

Percentile

91.1%