Mageia: 2018-0421 Moderate: X11-Server Privilege Escalation Exploit
mageia
October 27, 2018
A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.3
Summary
A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.3. An incorrect permission
check for -modulepath and -logfile options when starting Xorg. X server
allows unprivileged users with the ability to log in to the system via
physical console to escalate their privileges and run arbitrary code under
root privileges (CVE-2018-14665).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23757
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/25/1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14665
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/x11-server-1.19.5-1.2.mga6
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Publication date: 27 Oct 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0421.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-14665
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