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Cent OS: CVE-2015-0255: CESA-2015:0797 (xorg-x11-server)

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Cent OS: CVE-2015-0255: CESA-2015:0797 (xorg-x11-server)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/13/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-common
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-devel
  • 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

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