CVE-2017-13721 (GCVE-0-2017-13721)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-09 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 19:05
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Summary
In X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.19.4, an attacker authenticated to an X server with the X shared memory extension enabled can cause aborts of the X server or replace shared memory segments of other X clients in the same session.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 27/100 over 2305 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-30 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/1… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101238 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2017-O… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2017-10-04 00:00
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      "status": "final",
      "title": "xorg-x11-server: Insufficient validation of shmseg resource id",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-13721.json",
      "version": "3"
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      "current_release_date": "2026-08-31T09:00:26Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2017-13721",
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      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T04:40:19Z",
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      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2017-13721",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2017-13721.json",
      "version": "28"
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  }
}



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