Bug 1509219 – CVE-2017-12178 xorg-x11-server: wrong extra length check in ProcXIChangeHierarchy

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Bug 1509219 - (CVE-2017-12178) CVE-2017-12178 xorg-x11-server: wrong extra length check in ProcXIChangeHierarchy

Summary:	CVE-2017-12178 xorg-x11-server: wrong extra length check in ProcXIChangeHiera...

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2017-12178

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1509258
Blocks:	1509263
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Reported:	2017-11-03 07:07 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2017-12-05 23:05 EST (History)
CC List:	12 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	xorg-x11-server 1.19.5
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Last Closed:	2017-11-07 02:22:58 EST
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-11-03 07:07:23 EDT

Wrong extra length check in ProcXIChangeHierarchy function was found.

Upstream patch:

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=859b08d523307eebde7724fd1a0789c44813e821

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-11-03 07:07:30 EDT

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Xorg project

Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2017-11-03 08:29:38 EDT

Created xorg-x11-server tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1509258]

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