CVE-2017-13723

Summary

CVECVE-2017-13723
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-10 01:30:00 UTC
Updated2018-02-04 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionIn X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.19.4, a local attacker authenticated to the X server could overflow a global buffer, causing crashes of the X server or potentially other problems by injecting large or malformed XKB related atoms and accessing them via xkbcomp.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application X.org Xorg-server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
xorg/xserver - X server (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver) CONFIRM cgit.freedesktop.org Third Party Advisory
[ANNOUNCE] xorg-server 1.19.4 MLIST lists.x.org Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Fwd: X server fixes for CVE-2017-13721 & CVE-2017-13723 MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1186-1] xorg-server security update MLIST lists.debian.org
X.Org X Server 'xkbtext.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4000-1 xorg-server DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
X.Org Server: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201710-30) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500821 Alpine Linux Security Update for xorg-server
  • 505579 Alpine Linux Security Update for xorg-server
  • 710562 Gentoo Linux X.Org Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201710-30)
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