Scientific Linux Security Update : freetype on SL4.x, SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and manage font files. It also loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs efficiently. The freetype packages for Scientific Linux 4 provide both the FreeType 1 and FreeType 2 font engines. The freetype packages for Scientific...

Scientific Linux Security Update : freetype on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Two stack overflow flaws were found in the way the FreeType font engine processed certain Compact Font Format CFF character strings opcodes. If a user loaded a specially crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xorg-x11-server on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120221)

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. A flaw was found in the way the X.Org server handled lock files. A local user with access to the system console could use thi...

Scientific Linux Security Update : pango on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Pango is a library used for the layout and rendering of internationalized text. A buffer overflow flaw was found in HarfBuzz, an OpenType text shaping engine used in Pango. If a user loaded a specially crafted font file with an application that uses Pango, it could cause the application to crash...

Scientific Linux Security Update : freetype on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType font rendering engine processed certain TrueType GX fonts. If a user loaded a specially crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code...

Scientific Linux Security Update : gdm on SL5.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-2697 gdm not built with tcpwrappers A flaw was found in the way the gdm package was built. The gdm package was missing TCP wrappers support, which could result in an administrator believing they had access restrictions enabled when they did not. CVE-2009-2697 This update also fixes the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : freetype on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team discovered several integer overflow flaws in the FreeType 2 font engine. If a user loaded a carefully-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType 2, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : freetype on SL4.x, SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and manage font files. It also loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs efficiently. The freetype packages for Scientific Linux 4 provide both the FreeType 1 and FreeType 2 font engines. The freetype packages for Scientific...

Scientific Linux Security Update : freetype on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120410)

FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and manage font files. It also loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs efficiently. Multiple flaws were found in the way FreeType handled TrueType Font TTF, Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format BDF, Windows .fnt and .fon, and...

CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2011:1455 centos4 x86_64

Check for the Version of freetype OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2011:1455 centos4 x8664 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify i...

CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2011:1402 centos4 x86_64

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2011:1402 centos5 x86_64

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2012:0467 centos5

Check for the Version of freetype OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2012:0467 centos5 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it unde...

CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2011:1402 centos5 x86_64

Check for the Version of freetype OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2011:1402 centos5 x8664 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify i...

CentOS Update for xorg-x11-server-common CESA-2012:0939 centos6

Check for the Version of xorg-x11-server-common OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for xorg-x11-server-common CESA-2012:0939 centos6 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can...

CentOS Update for xorg-x11-server-common CESA-2012:0939 centos6

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

USN-1502-1: X.Org X Server vulnerability

Ken Mixter discovered a format string vulnerability in the LogVHdrMessageVerb function when handling input device names. This could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. The default compiler options for the affected release should reduce the...

xorg security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2012:0939 Updated xorg-x11-server packages that fix two security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring...

GLSA-201207-04 : X.Org X Server: Privilege escalation

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201207-04 X.Org X Server: Privilege escalation The 'LogVHdrMessageVerb' function in log.c contains a format string vulnerability. NOTE: Exposure to this vulnerability is reduced in Gentoo due to X.Org X Server being built with...

X.Org X Server: Privilege escalation

Background The X Window System is a graphical windowing system based on a client/server model. Description The "LogVHdrMessageVerb" function in log.c contains a format string vulnerability. NOTE: Exposure to this vulnerability is reduced in Gentoo due to X.Org X Server being built with...