CVE-2020-25697
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Summary
A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server due to a lack of authentication for X11 clients. This flaw allows an attacker to take control of an X application by impersonating the server it is expecting to connect to.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | xorg-x11-server | All | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-306: CWE-306
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/09/3
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q4/105
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/09/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1895295
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/09/3
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q4/105
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/09/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1895295
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