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xorg-server: local privilege escalation

Package(s):xorg-server CVE #(s):CVE-2007-4730
Created:September 10, 2007 Updated:January 24, 2008
Description: Aaron Plattner discovered a buffer overflow in the Composite extension of the X.org X server, which can lead to local privilege escalation.
Alerts:
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:022 2008-01-23
Gentoo 200710-16 2007-10-14
Ubuntu USN-514-1 2007-09-18
Red Hat RHSA-2007:0898-01 2007-09-19
rPath rPSA-2007-0187-1 2007-09-14
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:178 2007-09-11
Debian DSA-1372-1 2007-09-09
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