FreeBSD x11-servers/xorg-server and CVE-2018-14665

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Hi!
As some of you are aware, the X.org project posted a security advisory
on October 25 regarding a vulnerability in xorg-server [1].
This has been given the identifier CVE-2018-14665 [2].

The version of xorg-server in the FreeBSD ports tree is not vulnerable.

In short, there is a vulnerability in versions 1.19 through 1.20.2 of
xorg-server, when installed setuid root, which allows an attacker to
overwrite or create any file on the system.  By using this
vulnerability, a local user can gain root privileges.  There are several
articles about this [3] [4].

The code in question was introduced on xorg-server 1.19, and as FreeBSD
is still using xorg-server 1.18.4 we are not vulnerable to this issue.

If you have questions or comments regarding this, don't hesitate to
contact me or to send a message to the x11_at_FreeBSD.org mailing list.

Regards
Niclas Zeising
FreeBSD X11/Graphics Team

[1] https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-October/002927.html
[2] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14665
[3] 
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/10/x-org-bug-that-gives-attackers-root-bites-openbsd-and-other-big-name-oses/
[4] https://www.securepatterns.com/2018/10/cve-2018-14665-xorg-x-server.html

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