X.Org server security advisory: August 25, 2020

Matthieu Herrb matthieu at herrb.eu
Tue Aug 25 15:24:05 UTC 2020


Multiple input validation failures in X server extensions
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All theses issuses  can lead to local privileges elevation
on systems where the X server is running privileged.

* CVE-2020-14345 / ZDI CAN 11428 XkbSetNames Out-Of-Bounds Access

The handler for the XkbSetNames request does not validate the request
length before accessing its contents.

* CVE-2020-14346 / ZDI CAN 11429 XIChangeHierarchy Integer Underflow

An integer underflow exists in the handler for the XIChangeHierarchy
request.

* CVE-2020-14361 / ZDI CAN 11573 XkbSelectEvents Integer Underflow 

An integer underflow exist in the handler for the XkbSelectEvents
request.

* CVE-2020-1436 / ZDI CAN 11574 XRecordRegisterClients Integer Underflow 

An integer underflow exist in the handler for the CreateRegister
request of the X record extension.

Patches
-------

Patches for this issues have been commited to the xorg server git
repository. xorg-server 1.20.9 will be released shortly and will
include these patches.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver.git

commit 11f22a3bf694d7061d552c99898d843bcdaf0cf1

    Correct bounds checking in XkbSetNames()

    CVE-2020-14345 / ZDI 11428

commit 1e3392b07923987c6c9d09cf75b24f397b59bd5e

    Fix XIChangeHierarchy() integer underflow

    CVE-2020-14346 / ZDI-CAN-11429

commit 90304b3c2018a6b8f4a79de86364d2af15cb9ad8

    Fix XkbSelectEvents() integer underflow

    CVE-2020-14361 ZDI-CAN 11573

commit 24acad216aa0fc2ac451c67b2b86db057a032050

    Fix XRecordRegisterClients() Integer underflow

    CVE-2020-14362 ZDI-CAN-11574

Thanks
======

These vulnerabilities have beend discovered by Jan-Niklas Sohn working
with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.


-- 
Matthieu Herrb
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