CVE-2008-1377

NameCVE-2008-1377
DescriptionThe (1) SProcRecordCreateContext and (2) SProcRecordRegisterClients functions in the Record extension and the (3) SProcSecurityGenerateAuthorization function in the Security extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests with crafted length values that specify an arbitrary number of bytes to be swapped on the heap, which triggers heap corruption.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1595-1, DTSA-141-1

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+deb10u14fixed
bullseye2:1.20.11-1+deb11u11fixed
bullseye (security)2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13fixed
bookworm2:21.1.7-3+deb12u5fixed
bookworm (security)2:21.1.7-3+deb12u7fixed
sid, trixie2:21.1.12-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xorg-serversourceetch2:1.1.1-21etch5DSA-1595-1
xorg-serversourcelenny2:1.4.1~git20080517-2~lenny1DTSA-141-1
xorg-serversource(unstable)2:1.4.1~git20080517-2

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