CVE-2015-0255

NameCVE-2015-0255
DescriptionX.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 and 1.17.x before 1.17.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted string length value in a XkbSetGeometry request.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-218-1, DSA-3160-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
xorg-server (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2:1.16.4-1+deb8u17fixed
stretch (security)2:1.19.2-1+deb9u9fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2:1.19.2-1+deb9u20fixed
buster, buster (lts)2:1.20.4-1+deb10u15fixed
buster (security)2:1.20.4-1+deb10u14fixed
bullseye2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13fixed
bullseye (security)2:1.20.11-1+deb11u14fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm2:21.1.7-3+deb12u8fixed
sid, trixie2:21.1.14-2fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xorg-serversourcesqueeze2:1.7.7-18+deb6u2DLA-218-1
xorg-serversourcewheezy2:1.12.4-6+deb7u6DSA-3160-1
xorg-serversource(unstable)2:1.16.4-1

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