CVE-2025-49178
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2025-06-17 | |
| Impact: | Important | What is this? |
Description
A flaw was found in the X server's request handling. Non-zero 'bytes to ignore' in a client's request can cause the server to skip processing another client's request, potentially leading to a denial of service.
See more information about CVE-2025-49178 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 5.5 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | Low |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (tigervnc) | ELSA-2025-9392 | 2025-06-23 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (xorg-x11-server) | ELSA-2025-9305 | 2025-06-23 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (xorg-x11-server-Xwayland) | ELSA-2025-9305 | 2025-06-23 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (tigervnc) | ELSA-2025-9306 | 2025-06-23 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (xorg-x11-server) | ELSA-2025-9303 | 2025-06-23 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (xorg-x11-server-Xwayland) | ELSA-2025-9303 | 2025-06-23 |
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