{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"MGASA-2017-0269","aliases":[],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerabilities\n\nEric Sesterhenn discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly compared\nMIT cookies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a\ntiming attack and recover the MIT cookie (CVE-2017-2624).\n\nIt was discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled endianness\nconversion of certain X events. An attacker able to connect to an X\nserver, either locally or remotely, could use this issue to crash the\nserver, or possibly execute arbitrary code as an administrator\n(CVE-2017-10971).\n\nIt was discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled endianness\nconversion of certain X events. An attacker able to connect to an X\nserver, either locally or remotely, could use this issue to possibly\nobtain sensitive information (CVE-2017-10972).\n\nUse-after-free issue in an unused function in XDM (boo#1025035).","dates":{"published":"2017-08-15T09:57:10.000Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:25:08.581Z","reserved":null,"kevAdded":[],"kevDue":[]},"cvss":{"headline":{"score":null,"severity":"unknown","version":null,"versionLabel":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"computed":false,"selection":"none"},"metrics":[]},"epss":{"probability":null,"percentile":null,"severity":"unknown","asOf":null,"change":{"pp":null,"baselineDate":null,"baselineScore":null},"history":[],"last30":[]},"kev":{"state":"not-listed","entries":[],"listedCount":0,"totalCatalogs":3,"catalogs":[{"source":"cisa","label":"CISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"enisa","label":"ENISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"circl","label":"CIRCL","listed":false,"entry":null}]},"ransomware":{"state":"none-recorded","sources":[]},"exploits":[],"exploitCount":0,"weaknesses":[],"affected":[{"vendor":"mageia","product":"x11-server","name":"x11-server","label":"x11-server","ecosystem":"Mageia","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/x11-server","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 1.16.4-2.2.mga5","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 1.16.4-2.2.mga5","eol":null,"hubHref":null}],"affectedCount":1,"eol":{"hasEol":false,"count":0},"references":[{"url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0269.html","label":"advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0269.html","hostname":"advisories.mageia.org","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21191","label":"bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21191","hostname":"bugs.mageia.org","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-06/msg00070.html","label":"lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-06/msg00070.html","hostname":"lists.opensuse.org","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3362-1/","label":"usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3362-1/","hostname":"usn.ubuntu.com","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/","label":"www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/","hostname":"www.x41-dsec.de","tags":["Advisory"]}],"lineage":{"upstream":["CVE-2017-10971","CVE-2017-10972","CVE-2017-2624"],"downstream":[],"duplicates":[],"related":[]},"timeline":[{"kind":"published","date":"2017-08-15T09:57:10.000Z","label":"Published","detail":"Vulnerability first disclosed.","source":null},{"kind":"modified","date":"2026-04-16T06:25:08.581Z","label":"Last modified","detail":"Vulnerability information updated.","source":null}],"risk":{"score":0,"level":"minimal","profile":"Default","thresholds":{"critical":75,"high":50,"medium":25,"low":10}},"meta":{"dataAsOf":"2026-10-21T04:03:11.167Z","stale":false,"partial":false}}