bugtraq - rPSA-2007-0187-1 xorg-x11 xorg-x11-fonts xorg-x11-tools xorg-x11-xfs

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Message-ID: <46eb1e02.naO9pZ+BPtm1g144%announce-noreply@rpath.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:49:22 -0400
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Subject: rPSA-2007-0187-1 xorg-x11 xorg-x11-fonts xorg-x11-tools
 xorg-x11-xfs

rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0187-1
Published: 2007-09-14
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Major
Exposure Level Classification:
    Local Root Deterministic Privilege Escalation
Updated Versions:
    xorg-x11=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/6.8.2-30.10-1
    xorg-x11-fonts=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/6.8.2-30.10-1
    xorg-x11-tools=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/6.8.2-30.10-1
    xorg-x11-xfs=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/6.8.2-30.10-1

References:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4730
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1129
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1728

Description:
    Previous versions of the xorg-x11 package are vulnerable to a Privilege
    Escalation attack in which a local user may exploit a buffer overflow in
    the X server's Composite extension to execute arbitrary code with
    elevated privileges.
    
    Additionally, the Xau and Xdmcp libraries are now provided by the
    xorg-x11 package.

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