CVE-2017-13723

NameCVE-2017-13723
DescriptionIn X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.19.4, a local attacker authenticated to the X server could overflow a global buffer, causing crashes of the X server or potentially other problems by injecting large or malformed XKB related atoms and accessing them via xkbcomp.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1186-1, DSA-4000-1

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-serversourcewheezy2:1.12.4-6+deb7u8DLA-1186-1
xorg-serversourcejessie2:1.16.4-1+deb8u2DSA-4000-1
xorg-serversourcestretch2:1.19.2-1+deb9u2DSA-4000-1
xorg-serversource(unstable)2:1.19.4-1

Notes

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=94f11ca5cf011ef123bd222cabeaef6f424d76ac
This is in libxkbfile in wheezy

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