CVE-2014-8093 Affecting xorg-x11-server-devel package, versions <0:1.15.0-25.40.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.83% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-XORGX11SERVERDEVEL-1681412
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 10 Dec 2014

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 xorg-x11-server-devel to version 0:1.15.0-25.40.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2015-470.

NVD Description

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

Multiple integer overflows in the GLX extension in XFree86 4.0, X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R6.7, and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to the (1) __glXDisp_ReadPixels, (2) __glXDispSwap_ReadPixels, (3) __glXDisp_GetTexImage, (4) __glXDispSwap_GetTexImage, (5) GetSeparableFilter, (6) GetConvolutionFilter, (7) GetHistogram, (8) GetMinmax, (9) GetColorTable, (10) __glXGetAnswerBuffer, (11) __GLX_GET_ANSWER_BUFFER, (12) __glXMap1dReqSize, (13) __glXMap1fReqSize, (14) Map2Size, (15) __glXMap2dReqSize, (16) __glXMap2fReqSize, (17) __glXImageSize, or (18) __glXSeparableFilter2DReqSize function, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.3 medium
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Red Hat

7.4 high