RHSA-2015:0797Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: xorg-x11-server security update

Published
April 10, 2015
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2015-0255 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-0255 — xorg-x11-server: information leak in the XkbSetGeometry request of X servers

🎯 Affected products184

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.15.0-26.el6_6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.15.0-26.el6_6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.15.0-26.el6_6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.15.0-26.el6_6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.15.0-33.ael7b_1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.15.0-33.el7_1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.15.0-33.el7_1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.15.0-33.el7_1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.15.0-33.el7_1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-0:1.15.0-26.el6_6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-0:1.15.0-26.el6_6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-0:1.15.0-26.el6_6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-0:1.15.0-26.el6_6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-0:1.15.0-26.el6_6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-0:1.15.0-26.el6_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-0:1.15.0-26.el6_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (5)