Scientific Linux Security Update : xorg-x11-server on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131015)

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the X.Org server handled ImageText requests. A malicious, authorized client could use this flaw to crash the X.Org server or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with root privileges. CVE-2013-4396 Users of proprietary drivers may need to reinstall the...

CentOS 5 / 6 : xorg-x11-server (CESA-2013:1426)

Updated xorg-x11-server packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

RHEL 5 / 6 : xorg-x11-server (RHSA-2013:1426)

Updated xorg-x11-server packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : xorg-x11-server (ELSA-2013-1426)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2013-1426 advisory. 1.13.0-11.1.2 - CVE-2013-4396: Fix use-after free in ImageText requests 1014561 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Orac...

xorg security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2013:1426 Updated xorg-x11-server packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring Syst...

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

Updated xorg-x11-server packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

xorg-x11-server: use-after-free flaw when handling ImageText requests

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...

[slackware-security] xorg-server

New xorg-server packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/xorg-server-1.12.4-i486-2slack14.0.txz: Rebuilt. Patched a use-after-free bug that can cause an ...

xorg-x11-server security update

1.13.0-11.1.2 - CVE-2013-4396: Fix use-after free in ImageText requests 1014561...

Slackware 12.1 / 12.2 / 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 14.0 / current : xorg-server (SSA:2013-287-05)

New xorg-server packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix a security issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2013-287-05...

CVE-2013-4396

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...

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4396

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...

CVE-2013-4396

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...

CVE-2013-4396

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...

CVE-2013-4396

CVE-2013-4396 describes a use-after-free in the X.Org X11 server’s ImageText handling (dix/dixfonts.c: doImageText) that affects xorg-server before 1.14.4. A crafted ImageText request could trigger memory-allocation failure, enabling remote authenticated users to cause a daemon crash or potential...

xorg-server -- use-after-free

Alan Coopersmith reports: Pedro Ribeiro pedrib at gmail.com reported an issue to the X.Org security team in which an authenticated X client can cause an X server to use memory after it was freed, potentially leading to crash and/or memory corruption...

Amazon Linux AMI : xorg-x11-server (ALAS-2012-104)

A flaw was found in the way the X.Org server handled lock files. A local user with access to the system console could use this flaw to determine the existence of a file in a directory not accessible to the user, via a symbolic link attack. CVE-2011-4028 A race condition was found in the way the...

SuSE 11.3 Security Update : xorg-x11-libXt (SAT Patch Number 7940)

This update of xorg-x11-libXt fixes several integer and buffer overflow issues. Bug 815451/821670 CVE-2013-2002 / CVE-2013-2005 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from SuSE 11 update information. The text itse...

SuSE 11.3 Security Update : xorg-x11-libs (SAT Patch Number 7944)

This update of xorg-x11-libs fixes several integer and buffer overflow issues. Bug 815451/821663 CVE-2013-1984 / CVE-2013-1985 / CVE-2013-1986 / CVE-2013-1988 / CVE-2013-1990 / CVE-2013-1991 / CVE-2013-1992 / CVE-2013-1995 / CVE-2013-1996 / CVE-2013-1998 / CVE-2013-1999 / CVE-2013-2000 /...

SuSE 11.3 Security Update : xorg-x11-libXrender (SAT Patch Number 7939)

This update of xorg-x11-libXrender fixes several integer overflow issues. Bug 815451/821669 CVE-2013-1987 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from SuSE 11 update information. The text itself is copyright C...