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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3095-1                   security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                        Moritz Muehlenhoff
December 10, 2014                      http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : xorg-server
CVE ID         : CVE-2014-8091 CVE-2014-8092 CVE-2014-8093 CVE-2014-8094 
                 CVE-2014-8095 CVE-2014-8096 CVE-2014-8097 CVE-2014-8098
                 CVE-2014-8099 CVE-2014-8100 CVE-2014-8101 CVE-2014-8102

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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-3095-1: xorg-server security update

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

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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Package : xorg-server
CVE ID : CVE-2014-8091 CVE-2014-8092 CVE-2014-8093 CVE-2014-8094
CVE-2014-8095 CVE-2014-8096 CVE-2014-8097 CVE-2014-8098
CVE-2014-8099 CVE-2014-8100 CVE-2014-8101 CVE-2014-8102

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