RHEL 5 : libXfont (RHSA-2008:0064)

An updated X.Org libXfont package that fixes a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The libXfont package contains the X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library. A heap based...

RHEL 5 : xorg-x11-server (RHSA-2008:0031)

Updated xorg-x11-server packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Updated 18th January 2008 The original packages distributed with this errata ha...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 / 7.10 : libxfont, xorg-server vulnerabilities (USN-571-1)

Multiple overflows were discovered in the XFree86-Misc, XInput-Misc, TOG-CUP, EVI, and MIT-SHM extensions which did not correctly validate function arguments. An authenticated attacker could send specially crafted requests and gain root privileges. CVE-2007-5760, CVE-2007-6427, CVE-2007-6428,...

CVE-2007-4730

Buffer overflow in the compNewPixmap function in compalloc.c in the Composite extension for the X.org X11 server before 1.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by copying data from a large pixel depth pixmap into a smaller pixel depth pixmap...

X.Org server fails to properly test for effective user ID

Overview A vulnerability in the X.Org server could allow a local attacker to gain administrative privileges or cause a denial of service on an affected system. Description The X.Org server program provides several command-line options that are meant to be parsed only when the program is running a...

USN-280-1: X.org server vulnerability

The Render extension of the X.org server incorrectly calculated the size of a memory buffer, which led to a buffer overflow. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the X server or even execute arbitrary code with root privileges...

Code injection

X.Org server xorg-server 1.0.0 and later, X11R6.9.0, and X11R7.0 inadvertently treats the address of the geteuid function as if it is the return value of a call to geteuid, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions and 1 execute arbitrary code via the -modulepath command line optio...

CVE-2006-0745

X.Org server xorg-server 1.0.0 and later, X11R6.9.0, and X11R7.0 inadvertently treats the address of the geteuid function as if it is the return value of a call to geteuid, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions and 1 execute arbitrary code via the -modulepath command line optio...

CVE-2006-0745

X.Org server xorg-server 1.0.0 and later, X11R6.9.0, and X11R7.0 inadvertently treats the address of the geteuid function as if it is the return value of a call to geteuid, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions and 1 execute arbitrary code via the -modulepath command line optio...

CVE-2006-0745

X.Org server xorg-server 1.0.0 and later, X11R6.9.0, and X11R7.0 inadvertently treats the address of the geteuid function as if it is the return value of a call to geteuid, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions and 1 execute arbitrary code via the -modulepath command line optio...

CVE-2006-0745

The CVE concerns the X.Org X Server (xorg-server) 1.0.0 and later (X11R6.9.0, X11R7.0) where a faulty check tests the address of geteuid instead of the function result, allowing a local user to bypass restrictions and perform a Local Privilege Escalation. Impact described across sources: an unpri...

CVE-2006-0745

X.Org server xorg-server 1.0.0 and later, X11R6.9.0, and X11R7.0 inadvertently treats the address of the geteuid function as if it is the return value of a call to geteuid, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions and 1 execute arbitrary code via the -modulepath command line optio...

CVE-2006-0745

X.Org server xorg-server 1.0.0 and later, X11R6.9.0, and X11R7.0 inadvertently treats the address of the geteuid function as if it is the return value of a call to geteuid, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions and 1 execute arbitrary code via the -modulepath command line optio...