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CVE-2015-0255

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Description

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.

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0073.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00085.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00086.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0797.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3160

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2500-1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-02-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

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