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CVE-2017-12181

Published: 12 October 2017

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in XFree86 DGA extension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
same commit as CVE-2017-12180

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
xorg-hwe-16.04
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
zesty Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable

xorg-server
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty
Released (2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.11)
upstream
Released (1.19.5)
xenial
Released (2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7)
zesty
Released (2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1.3)
Patches:
upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=1b1d4c04695dced2463404174b50b3581dbd857b
xorg-server-hwe-16.04
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (1.19.5)
xenial
Released (2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.4)
zesty Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-utopic
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [end of life])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-vivid
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [end of life])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-wily
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [end of life])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty
Released (2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3~trusty4)
upstream
Released (1.19.5)
xenial Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

xorg
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not present])
upstream Not vulnerable

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
zesty Not vulnerable
(code not present)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H