USN-4488-2: X.Org X Server vulnerabilities<\/p>\n
USN-4488-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in X.Org. This update provides
\nthe corresponding update and also the update from USN-4490-1 for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.<\/p>\n
Original advisory details:<\/p>\n
Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled the
\n input extension protocol. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
\n escalate privileges. (CVE-2020-14346)<\/p>\n
Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly initialized
\n memory. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
\n information. (CVE-2020-14347)<\/p>\n
Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled the
\n XkbSelectEvents function. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
\n escalate privileges. (CVE-2020-14361)<\/p>\n
Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled the
\n XRecordRegisterClients function. A local attacker could possibly use this
\n issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2020-14362)<\/p>\n
Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled the USN-4488-2: X.Org X Server vulnerabilities USN-4488-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in X.Org. This update provides the corresponding update and also the update from USN-4490-1 for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled the input extension protocol. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2020-14346) Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly initialized memory. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2020-14347) Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled the XkbSelectEvents function. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2020-14361) Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled the XRecordRegisterClients function. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2020-14362) Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled [ more… ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[586],"tags":[587],"class_list":["post-38470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ubuntu-usn","tag-ubuntu-usn"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38471,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38470\/revisions\/38471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n XkbSetNames function. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
\n escalate privileges. (CVE-2020-14345)
\nSource: USN-4488-2: X.Org X Server vulnerabilities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"