CVE-2014-8091

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

X.Org X Window System (aka X11 and X) X11R5 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3, when using SUN-DES-1 (Secure RPC) authentication credentials, does not check the return value of a malloc call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash) via a crafted connection request.

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-12-10 15:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2017-01-03 02:59:00

Affected Software

X.Org X11R5.0

5.0

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0532.html

61947

62292

DSA-3095

MDVSA-2015:119

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html

Vendor Advisory

71597

http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/

Patch, Vendor Advisory

GLSA-201504-06

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