MGASA-2017-0366 Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerabilities

In Xext/shm, the shmseg resource id can belong to a non-existing client and abort X server with FatalError "client not in use", or overwrite existing segment of another existing client CVE-2017-13721. Generating strings for XKB data used a single shared static buffer, which offered several...

MGASA-2015-0196 Updated x11-server packages fix CVE-2015-3418

Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerability: A regression in the fix for CVE-2014-8092 MGASA-2014-0532 caused another issue which could lead to a local denial of service CVE-2015-3418...

MGASA-2015-0073 Updated x11-server packages fix CVE-2015-0255

Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerability: Olivier Fourdan from Red Hat has discovered a protocol handling issue in the way the X server code base handles the XkbSetGeometry request, where the server trusts the client to send valid string lengths. A malicious client with string lengt...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3160-1 (xorg-server - security update)

Olivier Fourdan discovered that missing input validation in the Xserver OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb3160.nasl 6609 2017-07-07 12:05:59Z cfischer $ Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3160-1 using nvtgen 1.0 Script version: 1.0 Author: Greenbone Networks Copyright: Copyright c 2015 Greenbone...

Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerabilities

Ilja van Sprundel of IOActive discovered several security issues in the X.org X server, which may lead to privilege escalation or denial of service CVE-2014-8091, CVE-2014-8092, CVE-2014-8093, CVE-2014-8094, CVE-2014-8095, CVE-2014-8096, CVE-2014-8097, CVE-2014-8098, CVE-2014-8099, CVE-2014-8100,...

MGASA-2013-0317 Updated x11-server packages fix CVE-2013-4396

Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerability: Use-after-free vulnerability in the doImageText function in dix/dixfonts.c in the xorg-server module before 1.14.4 in X.Org X11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service daemon crash or possibly execute arbitrary code vi...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2784-1 (xorg-server - use-after-free)

Pedro Ribeiro discovered a use-after-free in the handling of ImageText requests in the Xorg Xserver, which could result in denial of service or privilege escalation. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb2784.nasl 6611 2017-07-07 12:07:20Z cfischer $ Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2784-1 using...

SUSE-SA:2006:036: mysql

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2006:036 mysql. The database server MySQL was updated to fix the following security problems: - Attackers could read portions of memory by using a user name with trailing null byte or via COMTABLEDUMP command CVE-2006-1516,...

Re: debian dhcpd, old format string bug

[email protected] wrote: On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:31:38 +1000 Tarragon Allen [email protected] wrote: On Tuesday 26 October 2004 10:37, [email protected] wrote: Firstly, good etiquette would have been for you to actually report the bug with Debian. I don't see any bugs raised agains...