RHSA-2018:3410 — Security Advisory

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

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 7

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · October 31, 2018

Updated · June 25, 2026

Topic

An update for xorg-x11-server is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

X.Org is an open-source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user interfaces are designed upon.

Security Fix(es):

  • xorg-x11-server: Incorrect permission check in Xorg X server allows for privilege escalation (CVE-2018-14665)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Red Hat would like to thank Narendra Shinde for reporting this issue.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2018:3410 — Red Hat Security Advisory: xorg-x11-server security update | PulseLinux