Synopsis:          Important: xorg-x11-server security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2020:5408-1
Issue Date:        2020-12-14
CVE Numbers:       None
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Security Fix(es):

* xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds access in XkbSetMap function
(CVE-2020-14360)

* xorg-x11-server: XkbSetDeviceInfo heap-based buffer overflow privilege
escalation vulnerability (CVE-2020-25712)

* xorg-x11-server: Leak of uninitialized heap memory from the X server to
clients in AllocatePixmap of dix/pixmap.c (CVE-2020-14347)
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SL7
  x86_64
    xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-15.el7_9.i686.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-15.el7_9.i686.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
  noarch
    xorg-x11-server-source-1.20.4-15.el7_9.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: SLSA-2020-5408-1 Important: xorg-x11-server on SL7.x x86_64

xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds access in XkbSetMap function (CVE-2020-14360) * xorg-x11-server: XkbSetDeviceInfo heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-...

Summary

Important: xorg-x11-server security update



Security Fixes

* xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds access in XkbSetMap function (CVE-2020-14360)
* xorg-x11-server: XkbSetDeviceInfo heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2020-25712)
* xorg-x11-server: Leak of uninitialized heap memory from the X server to clients in AllocatePixmap of dix/pixmap.c (CVE-2020-14347)
SL7 x86_64 xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-15.el7_9.i686.rpm xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-15.el7_9.i686.rpm xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-15.el7_9.x86_64.rpm noarch xorg-x11-server-source-1.20.4-15.el7_9.noarch.rpm
- Scientific Linux Development Team

Severity
Advisory ID: SLSA-2020:5408-1
Issued Date: : 2020-12-14
CVE Numbers: None

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