vulnerability

CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-14665: Important: xorg-x11-server security update (CESA-2018:3410)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2018-10-25
Added
2018-12-15
Modified
2023-05-25

Description

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.

Solution(s)

centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-commoncentos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-debuginfocentos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-develcentos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-sourcecentos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xdmxcentos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyrcentos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnestcentos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorgcentos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfbcentos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xwayland
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