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Improper Initialization Affecting xorg-server package, versions <2:1.19.2-1+deb9u1

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.16% (52nd percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
6.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-XORGSERVER-326946
  • published 6 Jul 2017
  • disclosed 6 Jul 2017
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Introduced: 6 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-10972 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-665 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 xorg-server to version 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u1 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Uninitialized data in endianness conversion in the XEvent handling of the X.Org X Server before 2017-06-19 allowed authenticated malicious users to access potentially privileged data from the X server.