Information disclosure in xorg-server - CVE-2015-0255
Published: February 13, 2015 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32437
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0255
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
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.
Affected software
xorg-server
Amazon Linux AMI
xorg-server (Alpine package)
Amazon Linux AMI
xorg-server (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2015-0255
Install update from vendor's website.
xorg-server (Alpine package) - update to 1.14.7-r0
External References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0073.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00085.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00086.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0797.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3160
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72578
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2500-1
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-02-10/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06