vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-3453-1 (CVE-2017-13721): X.Org X server vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
2017-10-09
Added
2017-10-12
Modified
2025-04-25

Description

Michal Srb discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled shared
memory segments. An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally
or remotely, could use this issue to crash the server, or possibly replace
shared memory segments of other X clients in the same session.
(CVE-2017-13721)

Michal Srb discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled XKB
buffers. An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally or
remotely, could use this issue to crash the server, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-13723)

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-xserver-xorg-coreubuntu-upgrade-xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16-04ubuntu-upgrade-xserver-xorg-core-lts-xenial
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