Synopsis:          Important: xorg-x11-server security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2018:3410-1
Issue Date:        2018-10-31
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2018-14665
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Security Fix(es):

* xorg-x11-server: Incorrect permission check in Xorg X server allows for
privilege escalation (CVE-2018-14665)

The SL Team added a fix for upstream bug 1650634
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SL7
  x86_64
    xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.1-5.1.el7.i686.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.1-5.1.el7.i686.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
    xorg-x11-server-1.20.1-5.1.el7.src.rpm
  noarch
    xorg-x11-server-source-1.20.1-5.1.el7.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: SLSA-2018-3410-1 Important: xorg-x11-server on SL7.x x86_64

xorg-x11-server: Incorrect permission check in Xorg X server allows for privilege escalation (CVE-2018-14665) The SL Team added a fix for upstream bug 1650634 SL7 x86_64 xorg-x11-s...

Summary

Important: xorg-x11-server security update



Security Fixes

* xorg-x11-server: Incorrect permission check in Xorg X server allows for privilege escalation (CVE-2018-14665)
The SL Team added a fix for upstream bug 1650634
SL7 x86_64 xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.1-5.1.el7.i686.rpm xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.1-5.1.el7.i686.rpm xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-1.20.1-5.1.el7.src.rpm noarch xorg-x11-server-source-1.20.1-5.1.el7.noarch.rpm
- Scientific Linux Development Team

Severity
Advisory ID: SLSA-2018:3410-1
Issued Date: : 2018-10-31
CVE Numbers: CVE-2018-14665

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