Improper Input Validation Affecting xorg-server package, versions <1.19.5-r0
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- published6 Dec 2024
- disclosed24 Jan 2018
Introduced: 24 Jan 2018
CVE-2017-12178 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.21 xorg-server to version 1.19.5-r0 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 Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.
xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 had wrong extra length check in ProcXIChangeHierarchy function allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
References
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=859b08d523307eebde7724fd1a0789c44813e821
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12178
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12178
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-05
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509219
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-12178