USN-4656-1: X.Org X Server vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 20.10
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• xorg-server - X.Org X11 server
• xorg-server-hwe-16.04 - X.Org X11 server
• xorg-server-hwe-18.04 - X.Org X11 server

Details

Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server XKB extension
incorrectly handled certain inputs. A local attacker could possibly use
this issue to escalate privileges.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 20.10

• xserver-xorg-core - 2:1.20.9-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• xserver-xorg-core - 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.6

Ubuntu 18.04

• xserver-xorg-core - 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.8
• xserver-xorg-core-hwe-18.04 - 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.4

Ubuntu 16.04

• xserver-xorg-core - 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.11
• xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04 - 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.5

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2020-14360
• CVE-2020-25712

Related notices

• USN-4656-2: xserver-xorg-dev, xserver-xorg-xmir, xnest, xserver-common, xserver-xorg-core, xserver-xorg-core-udeb, xdmx, xserver-xephyr, xvfb, xdmx-tools, xorg-server-source, xorg-server