Debian: DSA-3095-1 Critical: X.org Server Privilege Escalation & DoS
debian
December 10, 2014
Ilja van Sprundel of IOActive discovered several security issues in the X.org X server, which may lead to privilege escalation or denial of service
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Summary
Ilja van Sprundel of IOActive discovered several security issues in the
X.org X server, which may lead to privilege escalation or denial of
service.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.12.4-6+deb7u5.
For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems will be
fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 2:1.16.2.901-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your xorg-server packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: xorg-server
CVE ID: CVE-2014-8091 CVE-2014-8092 CVE-2014-8093 CVE-2014-8094
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