Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting xorg-x11-server-source package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed19 Jun 2017
Introduced: 19 Jun 2017
CVE-2017-10971 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:6 xorg-x11-server-source.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-x11-server-source package and not the xorg-x11-server-source package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the X.Org X server before 2017-06-19, a user authenticated to an X Session could crash or execute code in the context of the X Server by exploiting a stack overflow in the endianness conversion of X Events.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99546
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10971
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=215f894965df5fb0bb45b107d84524e700d2073c
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=8caed4df36b1f802b4992edcfd282cbeeec35d9d
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ba336b24052122b136486961c82deac76bbde455