xorg-server -- privilege escalation

Daniel Stone of X.Org reports: During the analysis of results from the Coverity code review of X.Org, we discovered a flaw in the server that allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges, or cause a denial of service by overwriting files on the system, again with root...

Fedora Core 4 : xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.48.1 (2005-894)

Updated xorg-x11 packages that fix several integer overflows, various bugs, are now available for Fedora Core 4. X.Org X11 is an implementation of the X Window System, which provides the core functionality for the Linux graphical desktop. Several integer overflow bugs were found in the way X.Org...

RHEL 4 : xorg-x11 (RHSA-2005:396)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2005:396 advisory. X.org is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user interfac...

[Full-disclosure] [USN-182-1] X server vulnerability

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-182-1 September 12, 2005 xorg, xfree86 vulnerabilities CAN-2005-2495 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 Warty Warthog...

Fedora Core 3 : xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.FC3.13 (2005-273)

An integer overflow flaw was found in libXpm, which is used by some applications for loading of XPM images. An attacker could create a malicious XPM file that would execute arbitrary code if opened by a victim using an application linked to the vulnerable library. The Common Vulnerabilities and...

RHEL 4 : xorg-x11 (RHSA-2005:198)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2005:198 advisory. X.Org X11 is the X Window System which provides the core functionality of the Linux GUI desktop. An integer overflow flaw was found in libXpm, which i...

Fedora Core 2 : xorg-x11-6.7.0-14 (2005-272)

An integer overflow flaw was found in libXpm, which is used by some applications for loading of XPM images. An attacker could create a malicious XPM file that would execute arbitrary code if opened by a victim using an application linked to the vulnerable library. The Common Vulnerabilities and...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : XFree86 (MDKSA-2005:081)

The XPM library which is part of the XFree86/XOrg project is used by several GUI applications to process XPM image files. The XPM library which is part of the XFree86/XOrg project is used by several GUI applications to process XPM image files. An integer overflow flaw was found in libXPM, which i...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xpm (MDKSA-2005:080)

The XPM library which is part of the XFree86/XOrg project is used by several GUI applications to process XPM image files. An integer overflow flaw was found in libXPM, which is used by some applications for loading of XPM images. An attacker could create a malicious XPM file that would execute...

GLSA-200503-15 : X.org: libXpm vulnerability

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-15 X.org: libXpm vulnerability Chris Gilbert has discovered potentially exploitable buffer overflow cases in libXpm that weren't fixed in previous libXpm versions. Impact : A carefully-crafted XPM file could crash X.org,...