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Cent OS: CVE-2014-8100: CESA-2014:1983 (xorg-x11-server)

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Cent OS: CVE-2014-8100: CESA-2014:1983 (xorg-x11-server)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/10/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The Render extension in XFree86 4.0.1, 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 value to the (1) ProcRenderQueryVersion, (2) SProcRenderQueryVersion, (3) SProcRenderQueryPictFormats, (4) SProcRenderQueryPictIndexValues, (5) SProcRenderCreatePicture, (6) SProcRenderChangePicture, (7) SProcRenderSetPictureClipRectangles, (8) SProcRenderFreePicture, (9) SProcRenderComposite, (10) SProcRenderScale, (11) SProcRenderCreateGlyphSet, (12) SProcRenderReferenceGlyphSet, (13) SProcRenderFreeGlyphSet, (14) SProcRenderFreeGlyphs, or (15) SProcRenderCompositeGlyphs function.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-common
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-devel
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-sdk
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-source
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xdmx
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyr
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnest
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorg
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfb
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvnc-source

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