ELA-328-1 xorg-server security update

privilege escalation

2020-12-09
Packagexorg-server
Version2:1.16.4-1+deb8u4
Related CVEs CVE-2020-14360 CVE-2020-25712


Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the XKB extension of the Xorg X server performed incomplete input validation, which could result in privilege escalation.



For Debian 8 jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 2:1.16.4-1+deb8u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your xorg-server packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.