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Date:      Sun, 09 Jul 2017 21:53:08 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 220584] x11-servers/xorg-server: Security vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-10971, CVE-2017-10972)
Message-ID:  <bug-220584-13@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 220584
           Summary: x11-servers/xorg-server: Security vulnerabilities
                    (CVE-2017-10971, CVE-2017-10972)
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
               URL: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D1035283
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Keywords: security
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: x11@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: vlad-fbsd@acheronmedia.com
                CC: ports-secteam@FreeBSD.org
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(x11@FreeBSD.org)
          Assignee: x11@FreeBSD.org

Two security vulnerabilities have been found in xorg-server:

* CVE-2017-10971

  Authenticated X users could overflow the stack in the X Server
  (usually running as root) due to mishandling of X Events endianess.

* CVE-2017-10972

  An information leak out of the X Server due to an uninitialized stack
  area when swapping event endianess.

* Originally reported by SuSE:

  https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D1035283

* oss-seclist summary:

  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/06/6

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