vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-3802-1 (CVE-2018-14665): X.Org X server vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2018-10-25
Added
2018-11-07
Modified
2024-11-27

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)

ubuntu-upgrade-xserver-xorg-coreubuntu-upgrade-xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16-04
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