CVE-2014-8091 (GCVE-0-2014-8091)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-12-10 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 13:10
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
X.Org X Window System (aka X11 and X) X11R5 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3, when using SUN-DES-1 (Secure RPC) authentication credentials, does not check the return value of a malloc call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash) via a crafted connection request.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0532.html
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/61947
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/62292
secalert@redhat.com http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3095
secalert@redhat.com http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119
secalert@redhat.com http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71597
secalert@redhat.com http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0532.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/61947
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/62292
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3095
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71597
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06
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