X.Org: buffer overflow [LWN.net]

Package(s):

xorg-x11-server xorg-x11

CVE #(s):

CVE-2006-1526

Created:

May 3, 2006

Updated:

January 10, 2007

Description:

There is a buffer overflow in the Xrender extension of the X.Org server; any process which is able to connect to the server may be able to exploit this overflow to run arbitrary code. Since the X server runs as root on most systems, this vulnerability could be exploited to gain root access. See the X.Org advisory for more information.

Alerts:

Fedora-Legacy	FLSA:190777	2006-06-06
Trustix	TSLSA-2006-0024	2006-05-05
Mandriva	MDKSA-2006:081-1	2006-05-04
Ubuntu	USN-280-1	2006-05-04
Slackware	SSA:2006-123-01	2006-05-04
Red Hat	RHSA-2006:0451-01	2006-05-04
SuSE	SUSE-SA:2006:023	2006-05-03
Mandriva	MDKSA-2006:081	2006-05-02
Gentoo	200605-02	2006-05-02

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