Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-13723: X.Org Server: Multiple vulnerabilities
5
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
10/09/2017
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
12/01/2017
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.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-base-xorg-server
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