CVE-2015-0255 (GCVE-0-2015-0255)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-02-13 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 04:03
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 and 1.17.x before 1.17.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted string length value in a XkbSetGeometry request.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0073.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00085.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00086.html
secalert@redhat.com http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0797.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3160
secalert@redhat.com http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119
secalert@redhat.com http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72578
secalert@redhat.com http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2500-1
secalert@redhat.com http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-02-10/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0073.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00085.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00086.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0797.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3160
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/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72578
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2500-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-02-10/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06
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