Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: xorg-x11-server security update

Updated X.org X11 server packages that fix a security issue 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. X.org is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic...

SUSE-SA:2007:008: XFree86-server,xorg-x11-server,xloader

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2007:008 XFree86-server,xorg-x11-server,xloader. This update fixes three memory corruptions within the X server which could be used by local attackers with access to this display to crash the X server and potentially execute code...

Fedora Core 6 : xorg-x11-server-1.1.1-47.4.fc6 (2007-035)

Tue Jan 9 2007 Adam Jackson 1.1.1-47.4.fc6 - xorg-xserver-1.1.0-dbe-render.diff: CVE 2006-6101. - Tue Dec 5 2006 Adam Jackson 1.1.1-47.3.fc6 - xorg-x11-server-1.1.1-xf86config-comment-less.patch: Added, makes pyxf86config not grow the config file every time it's run. Note that Tenable Network...

Fedora Core 5 : xorg-x11-server-1.0.1-9.fc5.6 (2007-036)

Tue Jan 9 2007 Adam Jackson 1.0.1-9.fc5.6 - xorg-xserver-1.0.1-dbe-render.diff: CVE 2006-6101. - Fri Jun 30 2006 Mike A. Harris 1.0.1-9.fc5.5 - Standardize on using lowercase 'fcN' in Release field to denote the OS release the package is being built for in all erratum from now on, as this is the...

[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: xorg-x11-server-1.1.1-47.4.fc6

X.Org X11 X server...

FreeBSD : X11 server -- pixmap allocation vulnerability (a863aa74-24be-11da-8882-000e0c33c2dc)

Allocating large pixmaps by a client can trigger an integer overflow in the X server, potentially leading to execution of arbitrary code with elevated root privileges. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from t...

SUSE-SA:2006:023: xorg-x11-server

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2006:023 xorg-x11-server. Miscalculation of a buffer size in the X Render extension of the X.Org X11 server could potentially be exploited by users to cause a buffer overflow and run code with elevated privileges. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

Fedora Core 5 : xorg-x11-server-1.0.1-9 (2006-172)

Coverity scanned the X.Org source code for problems and reported their findings to the X.Org development team. Upon analysis, Alan Coopersmith, a member of the X.Org development team, noticed a couple of serious security issues in the findings. In particular, the Xorg server can be exploited for...

X11 server -- pixmap allocation vulnerability

Allocating large pixmaps by a client can trigger an integer overflow in the X server, potentially leading to execution of arbitrary code with elevated root privileges...

X Server Detection

The remote host is running an X11 server. X11 is a client-server protocol that can be used to display graphical applications running on a given host on a remote client. Since the X11 traffic is not ciphered, it is possible for an attacker to eavesdrop on the connection. C Tenable Network Security...

Solaris 7.0/8 - Xsun Buffer Overrun

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1140/info A buffer overrun vulnerability exists in the Xsun X11 server, as shipped as part of Solaris 7 and 8 from Sun Microsystems. By supplying a long argument to the -dev option normally used to set the output device, it is possible to execute...