Medium: xorg-x11-server

Issue Overview:

Multiple input sanitization flaws were found in the X.Org GLX (OpenGL extension to the X Window System) extension. A malicious, authorized client could use these flaws to crash the X.Org server or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with root privileges. (CVE-2010-4818)

An input sanitization flaw was found in the X.Org Render extension. A malicious, authorized client could use this flaw to leak arbitrary memory from the X.Org server process, or possibly crash the X.Org server. (CVE-2010-4819)

Affected Packages:

xorg-x11-server

Issue Correction:
Run yum update xorg-x11-server to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.7.7-29.10.amzn1.i686  
    xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.7.7-29.10.amzn1.i686  
    xorg-x11-server-common-1.7.7-29.10.amzn1.i686  
    xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.7.7-29.10.amzn1.i686  
    xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.7.7-29.10.amzn1.i686  
  
noarch:  
    xorg-x11-server-source-1.7.7-29.10.amzn1.noarch  
  
src:  
    xorg-x11-server-1.7.7-29.10.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.7.7-29.10.amzn1.x86_64  
    xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.7.7-29.10.amzn1.x86_64  
    xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.7.7-29.10.amzn1.x86_64  
    xorg-x11-server-common-1.7.7-29.10.amzn1.x86_64  
    xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.7.7-29.10.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2010-4818, CVE-2010-4819

Mitre: CVE-2010-4818, CVE-2010-4819