CVE-2010-4818

NameCVE-2010-4818
DescriptionThe GLX extension in X.Org xserver 1.7.7 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted request that triggers a client swap in glx/glxcmdsswap.c; or (2) a crafted length or (3) a negative value in the screen field in a request to glx/glxcmds.c.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
xorg-server (PTS)buster2:1.20.4-1+deb10u4fixed
buster (security)2:1.20.4-1+deb10u13fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2:1.20.11-1+deb11u11fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)2:21.1.7-3+deb12u5fixed
sid, trixie2:21.1.11-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xorg-serversourcesqueeze2:1.7.7-4
xorg-serversource(unstable)2:1.9.99.902-1

Notes

[lenny] - xorg-server <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
As per https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4818 three commits with theoretical sec impact:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=6c69235a9dfc52e4b4e47630ff4bab1a820eb543
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ec9c97c6bf70b523bc500bd3adf62176f1bb33a4
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=3f0d3f4d97bce75c1828635c322b6560a45a037f

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