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Fedora 29: FEDORA-2018-4ab08fedd6 moderate: xorg-x11-server escalation risk

fedora
Calendar Grey November 5, 2018
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora's xorg-x11-server has released a crucial security patch that fixes a serious privilege escalation flaw. Updating is vital to prevent unauthorized access and maintain system integrity.
Fix for CVE-2018-14665

Summary

X.Org X11 X server

Fix for CVE-2018-14665

* Thu Nov 1 2018 Adam Jackson - 1.20.3-1

- xserver 1.20.3

* Mon Oct 15 2018 Adam Jackson - 1.20.2-1

- xserver 1.20.2

[ 1 ] Bug #1643131 - CVE-2018-14665 xorg-x11-server: Incorrect permission check in Xorg X server allows for privilege escalation [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643131

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-4ab08fedd6' at the command

line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/keys

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Change Log

References

Update Instructions

Product: Fedora 29
Version: 1.20.3
Release: 1.fc29
Summary: X.Org X11 X server

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