Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2017 21:53:08 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 220584] x11-servers/xorg-server: Security vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-10971, CVE-2017-10972) Message-ID: <bug-220584-7141-FvjR5vYjCj@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-220584-7141@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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Vladimir Krstulja <vlad-fbsd@acheronmedia.com> has reassigned Bugzilla Automation <bugzilla@FreeBSD.org>'s request for maintainer-feedback to x11@FreeBSD.org: Bug 220584: x11-servers/xorg-server: Security vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-10971, CVE-2017-10972) https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=220584 --- Description --- Two security vulnerabilities have been found in xorg-server: * CVE-2017-10971 Authenticated X users could overflow the stack in the X Server (usually running as root) due to mishandling of X Events endianess. * CVE-2017-10972 An information leak out of the X Server due to an uninitialized stack area when swapping event endianess. * Originally reported by SuSE: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283 * oss-seclist summary: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/06/6help
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