USN-2500-1

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    USN-2500-1

    Published: 17 Feb 2015Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: xorg-server, xorg-server-lts-trusty, xorg-server-lts-utopic vulnerabilities

    Details: Olivier Fourdan discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled XkbSetGeometry requests resulting in an information leak. An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally or remotely, could use this issue to possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-0255) It was discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled certain trapezoids. An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally or remotely, could use this issue to possibly crash the server. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-6424)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2500-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6424, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0255

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xorg-server

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/xorg-server@2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7

    Affected versions

    2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2
    2:1.14.3-3ubuntu3
    2:1.14.3-3ubuntu4
    2:1.14.3-5ubuntu1
    2:1.14.4-1ubuntu1
    2:1.14.4-1ubuntu2
    2:1.14.4.901-0ubuntu2
    2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2
    2:1.14.5-1ubuntu4

    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
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