Ubuntu: USN-3456-1 (CVE-2017-12180): X.Org X server vulnerabilities
8
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
10/12/2017
07/25/2018
10/17/2017
03/02/2020
Description
xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in XFree86 VidModeExtension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-xserver-xorg-core
- ubuntu-upgrade-xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16-04
- ubuntu-upgrade-xserver-xorg-core-lts-xenial
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