Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101253 ↗
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=94f11ca5cf011ef123bd222cabeaef6f424d76ac ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-30 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/04/10 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000 ↗
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2017-October/002808.html ↗