xserver -- multiple issue with X client request handling

Alan Coopersmith reports: Ilja van Sprundel, a security researcher with IOActive, has discovered a large number of issues in the way the X server code base handles requests from X clients, and has worked with X.Org's security team to analyze, confirm, and fix these issues. The vulnerabilities cou...

SGI IRIX 5.3/6.2 - 'ordist' Local Privilege Escalation

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/415/info A buffer overflow exists in the ordist program, as shipped with Irix 6.x and 5.x from Silicon Graphics. By supplying long arguments to the '-d' option, containing a properly crafted buffer of machine exectuable code, root privilege can be...