MGASA-2017-0269

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    MGASA-2017-0269

    Published: 15 Aug 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: Eric Sesterhenn discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly compared MIT cookies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing attack and recover the MIT cookie (CVE-2017-2624). It was discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled endianness conversion of certain X events. 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 as an administrator (CVE-2017-10971). It was discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled endianness conversion of certain X events. An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally or remotely, could use this issue to possibly obtain sensitive information (CVE-2017-10972). Use-after-free issue in an unused function in XDM (boo#1025035).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0269.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21191, https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-06/msg00070.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3362-1/, https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: x11-server

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/x11-server?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.16.4-2.2.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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