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Fedora 32: 2021-f7b4c97879 Critical: xorg-x11-server Privilege Escalation

fedora
Calendar Grey April 24, 2021
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Important patch for xorg-x11-server fixing vulnerability related to privilege escalation, boosts security in Fedora 32 environment.
xserver 1.20.11 Security fix for CVE-2021-3472 / ZDI-CAN-1259

Summary

X.Org X11 X server

xserver 1.20.11 Security fix for CVE-2021-3472 / ZDI-CAN-1259

* Wed Apr 14 2021 Olivier Fourdan - 1.20.11-1

- xserver 1.20.11 (CVE-2021-3472 / ZDI-CAN-1259)

[ 1 ] Bug #1944167 - CVE-2021-3472 xorg-x11-server: XChangeFeedbackControl integer underflow leads to privilege escalation

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1944167

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-f7b4c97879' at the command

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

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

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Product: Fedora 32
Version: 1.20.11
Release: 1.fc32
Summary: X.Org X11 X server

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