USN-2436-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2436-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2436-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2436-1
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Published
2014-12-09T18:36:18.207361Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:51:43.079811Z
Summary
xorg-server, xorg-server-lts-trusty vulnerabilities
Details

Ilja van Sprundel discovered a multitude of security issues in the X.Org X server. An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally or remotely, could use these issues to cause the X server to crash or execute arbitrary code resulting in possible privilege escalation.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / xorg-server

Package

Name
xorg-server
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xorg-server@2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4

Affected versions

2:1.*

2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2
2:1.14.3-3ubuntu3
2:1.14.3-3ubuntu4
2:1.14.3-5ubuntu1
2:1.14.4-1ubuntu1
2:1.14.4-1ubuntu2
2:1.14.4.901-0ubuntu2
2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2
2:1.14.5-1ubuntu4
2:1.15.0-1ubuntu1
2:1.15.0-1ubuntu2
2:1.15.0-1ubuntu3
2:1.15.0-1ubuntu4
2:1.15.0-1ubuntu6
2:1.15.0-1ubuntu7
2:1.15.1-0ubuntu1
2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "xdmx",
            "binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xdmx-tools",
            "binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xnest",
            "binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xorg-server-source",
            "binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xserver-common",
            "binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xephyr",
            "binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-core",
            "binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-core-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-core-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-xmir",
            "binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xvfb",
            "binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
        }
    ]
}