Bug#968986: xorg-server: CVE-2020-14347

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Source: xorg-server
Version: 2:1.20.8-2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil@debian.org, Debian Security Team <team@security.debian.org>
Control: found -1 2:1.20.4-1

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for xorg-server, filling the
bug for tracking.

CVE-2020-14347[0]:
| A flaw was found in the way xserver memory was not properly
| initialized. This could leak parts of server memory to the X client.
| In cases where Xorg server runs with elevated privileges, this could
| result in possible ASLR bypass. Xorg-server before version 1.20.9 is
| vulnerable.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-14347
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14347
[1] https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-July/003051.html
[2] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/aac28e162e5108510065ad4c323affd6deffd816

Regards,
Salvatore