Information Exposure Affecting xorg-server package, versions <2:1.16.4-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
7.88% (95th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-XORGSERVER-326803
- published 13 Feb 2015
- disclosed 13 Feb 2015
Introduced: 13 Feb 2015
CVE-2015-0255 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
xorg-server
to version 2:1.16.4-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-server
package and not the xorg-server
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 and 1.17.x before 1.17.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted string length value in a XkbSetGeometry request.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0255
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0073.html
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-02-10/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3160
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00085.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00086.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0797.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72578
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-0255
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2500-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119