Information Exposure Affecting xorg-x11-server-common package, versions <0:1.15.0-26.41.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.82% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-XORGX11SERVERCOMMON-1685501
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed13 Feb 2015

Introduced: 13 Feb 2015

CVE-2015-0255  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 xorg-x11-server-common to version 0:1.15.0-26.41.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2015-519.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-x11-server-common package and not the xorg-x11-server-common package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 and 1.17.x before 1.17.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted string length value in a XkbSetGeometry request.

CVSS Scores

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