CVE-2020-25697

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:18

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/09/3 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/09/3 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1895295 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1895295 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E - () https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E -
References () https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q4/105 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q4/105 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2021-05-26 13:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:18


NVD link : CVE-2020-25697

Mitre link : CVE-2020-25697

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-25697


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Products Affected

x.org

  • x_server
CWE
CWE-306

Missing Authentication for Critical Function