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xorg-x11-server: multiple vulnerabilities

Package(s):xorg-x11 CVE #(s):CVE-2010-4818 CVE-2010-4819
Created:October 7, 2011 Updated:February 28, 2012
Description:

From the Red Hat advisory:

Multiple input sanitization flaws were found in the X.Org GLX (OpenGL extension to the X Window System) extension. A malicious, authorized client could use these flaws to crash the X.Org server or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with root privileges. (CVE-2010-4818)

An input sanitization flaw was found in the X.Org Render extension. A malicious, authorized client could use this flaw to leak arbitrary memory from the X.Org server process, or possibly crash the X.Org server. (CVE-2010-4819)

Alerts:
CentOS CESA-2011:1360 2011-11-09
Ubuntu USN-1232-3 2011-10-20
Ubuntu USN-1232-2 2011-10-19
Ubuntu USN-1232-1 2011-10-18
Scientific Linux SL-xorg-20111006 2011-10-06
Scientific Linux SL-xorg-20111006 2011-10-06
CentOS CESA-2011:1359 2011-10-06
Red Hat RHSA-2011:1359-01 2011-10-06
Red Hat RHSA-2011:1360-01 2011-10-06
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2012:0307-1 2012-02-27

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