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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3362-1
July 24, 2017
xorg-server, xorg-server-hwe-16.04, xorg-server-lts-xenial vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 17.04
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in the X.Org X server.
Software Description:
– xorg-server: X.Org X11 server
– xorg-server-hwe-16.04: X.Org X11 server
– xorg-server-lts-xenial: X.Org X11 server
Details:
It was discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled endianness
conversion of certain X events. An attacker able to connect to an X server,
either locally or remotely, could use this issue to crash the server, or
possibly execute arbitrary code as an administrator. (CVE-2017-10971)
It was discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled endianness
conversion of certain X events. An attacker able to connect to an X server,
either locally or remotely, could use this issue to possibly obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2017-10972)
Eric Sesterhenn discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly compared
MIT cookies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing
attack and recover the MIT cookie. (CVE-2017-2624)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 17.04:
xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.3
xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1~16.04.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.9
xserver-xorg-core-lts-xenial 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3~trusty2
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3362-1
CVE-2017-10971, CVE-2017-10972, CVE-2017-2624
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server-hwe-16.04/2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1~16.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.9
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server-lts-xenial/2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3~trusty2
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