| Name | CVE-2010-4818 |
| Description | The 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. |
| Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xorg-server (PTS) | bullseye | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u14 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u7 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u8 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:21.1.14-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| xorg-server | source | squeeze | 2:1.7.7-4 | | | |
| xorg-server | source | (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