CVE-2017-10972

Publication date 6 July 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Uninitialized data in endianness conversion in the XEvent handling of the X.Org X Server before 2017-06-19 allowed authenticated malicious users to access potentially privileged data from the X server.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xorg 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xorg-hwe-16.04 17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xorg-server 17.04 zesty
Fixed 2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1.1
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.9
xorg-server-hwe-16.04 17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1~16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xorg-server-lts-utopic 17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xorg-server-lts-vivid 17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xorg-server-lts-wily 17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xorg-server-lts-xenial 17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3~trusty2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
xorg-server

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3362-1
    • X.Org X server vulnerabilities
    • 24 July 2017

Other references