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title: "CVE-2008-1377\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-1377

Publication date 16 June 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The (1) SProcRecordCreateContext and (2) SProcRecordRegisterClients
functions in the Record extension and the (3)
SProcSecurityGenerateAuthorization function in the Security extension in
the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allow context-dependent attackers to
execute arbitrary code via requests with crafted length values that specify
an arbitrary number of bytes to be swapped on the heap, which triggers heap
corruption.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xorg-server | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2:1.4.1~git20080131-1ubuntu9.2 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu8.4 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2:1.2.0-3ubuntu8.4 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.13 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1377?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| xorg-server | * Upstream:   <ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/xorg/X11R7.3/patches/xorg-xserver-1.4-cve-2008-1377.diff> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1377)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1377)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-1377)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1377)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-616-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-616-1)
+ X.org vulnerabilities
+ 13 June 2008

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1377>