USN-5778-2 xorg-server, xorg-server-hwe-16.04 vulnerabilities

USN-5778-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in X.Org. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that X.Org X Server extensions contained multiple security issues. An attacker could possibly use these...

SUSE CVE-2006-0745

X.Org server xorg-server 1.0.0 and later, X11R6.9.0, and X11R7.0 inadvertently treats the address of the geteuid function as if it is the return value of a call to geteuid, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions and 1 execute arbitrary code via the -modulepath command line optio...

SUSE CVE-2011-4029

The LockServer function in os/utils.c in X.Org xserver before 1.11.2 allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files to 444, read those files, and possibly cause a denial of service removed execution permission via a symlink attack on a temporary lock file...

SUSE CVE-2013-1940

X.Org X server before 1.13.4 and 1.4.x before 1.14.1 does not properly restrict access to input events when adding a new hot-plug device, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information, as demonstrated by reading passwords from a tty...

SUSE CVE-2013-4394

The SetX11Keyboard function in systemd, when PolicyKit Local Authority PKLA is used to change the group permissions on the X Keyboard Extension XKB layouts description, allows local users in the group to modify the Xorg X11 Server configuration file and possibly gain privileges via vectors...

SUSE CVE-2013-4396

Use-after-free vulnerability in the doImageText function in dix/dixfonts.c in the xorg-server module before 1.14.4 in X.Org X11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service daemon crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ImageText request that triggers...

SUSE CVE-2014-8093

Multiple integer overflows in the GLX extension in XFree86 4.0, X.Org X Window System aka X11 or X X11R6.7, and X.Org Server aka xserver and xorg-server before 1.16.3 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to th...

SUSE CVE-2014-8094

Integer overflow in the ProcDRI2GetBuffers function in the DRI2 extension in X.Org Server aka xserver and xorg-server 1.7.0 through 1.16.x before 1.16.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted request, which triggers an...

SUSE CVE-2014-8099

The XVideo extension in XFree86 4.0.0, X.Org X Window System aka X11 or X X11R6.7, and X.Org Server aka xserver and xorg-server before 1.16.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read or write or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted length or index...

SUSE CVE-2014-8103

X.Org Server aka xserver and xorg-server 1.15.0 through 1.16.x before 1.16.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read or write or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted length or index value to the 1 sprocdri3queryversion, 2 sprocdri3open, 3...

SUSE CVE-2015-0255

X.Org Server aka xserver and xorg-server before 1.16.3 and 1.17.x before 1.17.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service crash via a crafted string length value in a XkbSetGeometry request...

SUSE CVE-2017-2624

It was found that xorg-x11-server before 1.19.0 including uses memcmp to check the received MIT cookie against a series of valid cookies. If the cookie is correct, it is allowed to attach to the Xorg session. Since most memcmp implementations return after an invalid byte is seen, this causes a ti...

SUSE CVE-2017-12177

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was vulnerable to integer overflow in ProcDbeGetVisualInfo function allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

SUSE CVE-2017-12181

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in XFree86 DGA extension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

SUSE CVE-2017-12184

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in XINERAMA extension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

SUSE CVE-2017-12183

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in XFIXES extension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

SUSE CVE-2017-13721

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...

SUSE CVE-2017-13723

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...

SUSE CVE-2018-14665

A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.3. An incorrect permission check for -modulepath and -logfile options when starting Xorg. X server allows unprivileged users with the ability to log in to the system via physical console to escalate their privileges and run arbitrary code under root...

SUSE CVE-2019-17624

"" In X.Org X Server 1.20.4, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function XQueryKeymap. For example, by sending ct.cchar 1000 times, an attacker can cause a denial of service application crash or possibly have unspecified other impact. Note: It is disputed if the X.Org X Server is...