CVE-2017-10972

NameCVE-2017-10972
DescriptionUninitialized data in endianness conversion in the XEvent handling of the X.Org X Server before 2017-06-19 allowed authenticated malicious users to access potentially privileged data from the X server.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1026-1, DSA-3905-1
Debian Bugs867492

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
xorg-server (PTS)bullseye2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13fixed
bullseye (security)2:1.20.11-1+deb11u15fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)2:21.1.7-3+deb12u9fixed
sid, trixie2:21.1.16-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xorg-serversourcewheezy2:1.12.4-6+deb7u7DLA-1026-1
xorg-serversourcejessie2:1.16.4-1+deb8u1DSA-3905-1
xorg-serversourcestretch2:1.19.2-1+deb9u1DSA-3905-1
xorg-serversource(unstable)2:1.19.3-2867492

Notes

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=05442de962d3dc624f79fc1a00eca3ffc5489ced
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/06/6
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