<p>Upgrade <code>Amazon-Linux:2018.03</code> <code>xorg-x11-server-devel</code> to version 0:1.15.0-26.41.amzn1 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>ALAS-2015-519</code>.</p>

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

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Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-XORGX11SERVERDEVEL-1685173
published 27 Sep 2021
disclosed 13 Feb 2015

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Introduced: 13 Feb 2015

CVE-2015-0255 Open this link in a new tab CWE-200 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 xorg-x11-server-devel 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-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.

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.

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