openSUSE Security Update : xorg-x11-server (openSUSE-SU-2013:1148-1)

This xorg-x11-server update fixes a DoS vulnerability and adds randr support. - Uos-Reset-input-buffer-s-ignoreBytes-field.patch - If a client sends a request larger than maxBigRequestSize, the server is supposed to ignore it. Before commit cf88363d, the server would simply disconnect the client...

openSUSE Security Update : xorg-x11-server (openSUSE-SU-2013:1610-1)

Fixes the following security issue : - an authenticated X client can cause an X server to use memory after it was freed, potentially leading to crash and/or memory corruption. CVE-2013-4396, bnc843652 and the following bug was fixed too : - rfbAuthReenable is accessing rfbClient structure that wa...

openSUSE Security Update : xorg-x11 (openSUSE-SU-2011:0298-1)

Remote attackers could execute arbitrary commands as root by assigning specially crafted hostnames to X11 clients via XDMCP CVE-2011-0465. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update...

openSUSE Security Update : xorg-x11-Xvnc (openSUSE-SU-2010:0561-1)

The X.Org X11 Server was updated to fix several bugs and 2 security issues : Two security issues were fixed: CVE-2010-2240: This fix adds a workaround for overlapping stacks and heaps in case of OOM conditions.This workaround is necessary if the kernel is not properly adding guard or gap-pages...

openSUSE Security Update : xorg-x11-Xvnc (openSUSE-SU-2012:0227-1)

The X server had two security issues and one bug that is fixed by this update. CVE-2011-4028: It is possible for a local attacker to deduce if a file exists or not by exploiting the way that Xorg creates its lock files. CVE-2011-4029: It is possible for a non-root local user to set the read...

SuSE 11.3 Security Update : xorg-x11-libs (SAT Patch Number 9272)

xorg-x11-libs was patched to fix the following security issues : - Integer overflow of allocations in font metadata file parsing. CVE-2014-0209 - libxfont not validating length fields when parsing xfs protocol replies. CVE-2014-0210 - Integer overflows causing miscalculating memory needs for xfs...

SUSE-SU-2015:0674-1 Security update for xorg-x11-libs

xorg-x11-libs was patched to fix the following security issues: Integer overflow of allocations in font metadata file parsing. CVE-2014-0209 libxfont not validating length fields when parsing xfs protocol replies. CVE-2014-0210 Integer overflows causing miscalculating memory needs for xfs replies...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0209

Multiple integer overflows in the 1 FontFileAddEntry and 2 lexAlias functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 might allow local users to gain privileges by adding a directory with a large fonts.dir or fonts.alias file to the font path, which triggers a heap-based buffe...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0211

Multiple integer overflows in the 1 fsgetreply, 2 fsallocglyphs, and 3 fsreadextentinfo functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs reply, which triggers a buffer overflow...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0210

Multiple buffer overflows in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs protocol reply to the 1 fsrecvconnsetup, 2 fsreadopenfont, 3 fsreadqueryinfo, 4 fsreadextentinfo, 5 fsreadglyphs, 6 fsreadlist, or 7...

SuSE 11.2 / 11.3 Security Update : xorg-x11 (SAT Patch Numbers 8723 / 8724)

This update fixes a stack-based buffer overflow in xorg-x11 in the function bdfReadCharacters. CVE-2013-6462 has been assigned to this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from SuSE 11 update information...

AIX 6.1 TL 9 : xorg (IV52978)

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 via a crafted ImageText request that triggers...

AIX 7.1 TL 3 : xorg (IV53246)

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 via a crafted ImageText request that triggers...

Amazon Linux AMI : xorg-x11-server (ALAS-2014-277)

An integer overflow, which led to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way X.Org server handled trapezoids. A malicious, authorized client could use this flaw to crash the X.Org server or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with root privileges. CVE-2013-6424 C Tenable Network Security...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : x11-server (MDVSA-2014:020)

Updated x11-server package fixes security vulnerability : Bryan Quigley discovered an integer underflow in the Xorg X server which could lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code CVE-2013-6424. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and packag...

AIX 5.3 TL 12 : xorg (IV53331)

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 via a crafted ImageText request that triggers...

AIX 7.1 TL 1 : xorg (IV52185)

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 via a crafted ImageText request that triggers...

AIX 7.1 TL 2 : xorg (IV52186)

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 via a crafted ImageText request that triggers...

AIX 6.1 TL 8 : xorg (IV52184)

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 via a crafted ImageText request that triggers...

AIX 6.1 TL 7 : xorg (IV52181)

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 via a crafted ImageText request that triggers...