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Debian 12 Bookworm DSA-5657-1 critical: xorg-server privilege escalation

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Calendar Grey April 12, 2024
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The Debian Security Advisory DSA-5658-2 addresses critical security flaws within the OpenSSL library, potentially leading to data exposures.
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Xorg X server, which may result in privilege escalation if the X server is running privileged or denial of service
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed
in version 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in
version 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u7.

We recommend that you upgrade your xorg-server packages.

For the detailed security status of xorg-server please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/xorg-server

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-2024-31080 CVE-2024-31081 CVE-2024-31083

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