CVE-2014-8102: Buffer Overflow
First published: Wed Dec 10 2014(Updated: )
The SProcXFixesSelectSelectionInput function in the XFixes extension in X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R6.8.0 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted length value.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| X.org Xorg-server | <=1.16.2.99.901 | |
| X.Org X11 | =6.8 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =7.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0532.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61947
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62292
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3095
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71608
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/remedy
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/x.org
- canonical/x.org xorg-server
- version/x.org xorg-server/1.16.2.99.901
- canonical/x.org x11
- version/x.org x11/6.8
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/7.0