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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2359-1 xorg-server -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

30 Aug 2020

Affected Packages:

xorg-server

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-14345, CVE-2020-14346, CVE-2020-14347, CVE-2020-14361, CVE-2020-14362.

More information:

Several issues have been found in xorg-server, the X server from xorg. Basically all issues are out-of-bounds access or integer underflows in different request handlers. One CVE is about a leak of uninitialize heap memory to clients.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your xorg-server packages.

For the detailed security status of xorg-server please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/xorg-server

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS