Arch Linux: ASA-201710-10 Medium: xorg-server Code Execution Risks

The package xorg-server before version 1.19.4-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary code execution and denial of service.

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201710-10
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Severity: Medium
Date    : 2017-10-08
CVE-ID  : CVE-2017-13721 CVE-2017-13723
Package : xorg-server
Type    : multiple issues
Remote  : No
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-432

Summary
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The package xorg-server before version 1.19.4-1 is vulnerable to
multiple issues including arbitrary code execution and denial of
service.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 1.19.4-1.

# pacman -Syu "xorg-server>=1.19.4-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 1.19.4.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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- CVE-2017-13721 (denial of service)

A denial of service vulnerability was found in xorg-server in the
ProcShmCreateSegment function due to a missing shmseg resource ids
validation. A passed shmseg resource id may belong to a non-existing
client and abort X server with FatalError "client not in use", or
overwrite existing segment of another existing client.

- CVE-2017-13723 (arbitrary code execution)

A stack buffer overflow was found in xkbtext.c, which didn't handle xkb
formatted string output safely due to a single shared static buffer.
The fix introduces a ring of resizable buffers to avoid problems when
strings end up longer than anticipated.
This vulnerability may potentially lead to privilege escalation when
the xorg-server is running with root privileges.

Impact
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A local attacker is able to crash the xorg-server process leading to
denial of service or possibly elevate privileges when the xorg-server
is running with root privileges.

References
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https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2017-October/002808.html


https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-13721
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-13723