| Name | CVE-2018-14665 |
| Description | A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.3. An incorrect permission check for -modulepath and -logfile options when starting Xorg. X server allows unprivileged users with the ability to log in to the system via physical console to escalate their privileges and run arbitrary code under root privileges. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4328-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xorg-server (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:1.16.4-1+deb8u17 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u9 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u20 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u15 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u14 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u14 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u8 | fixed |
| trixie | 2:21.1.14-2 | fixed |
| sid | 2:21.1.15-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - xorg-server <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Introduced by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/032b1d79b7d04d47814a5b3a9fdd162249fea74c (1.19.0)
Fixed by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/50c0cf885a6e91c0ea71fb49fa8f1b7c86fe330e