UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25697
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Summary:
Details: A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server due to a lack of authentication for X11 clients. This flaw allows an attacker to take control of an X application by impersonating the server it is expecting to connect to.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25697, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/09/3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25697
Affected packages
Package
Name: libx11
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libx11@2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1+esm5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
2:1.6.1-1ubuntu1
2:1.6.1-1ubuntu2
2:1.6.2-1ubuntu1
2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2
2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1
2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1+esm1
2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1+esm2
2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1+esm3
2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1+esm4
2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1+esm5
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
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
