X.org: integer overflows
| Package(s): | xorg, xorg-server | CVE #(s): | CVE-2006-6101 CVE-2006-6102 CVE-2006-6103 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created: | January 10, 2007 | Updated: | March 8, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | A number of integer overflows have turned up in the X.org server. Some of these overflows involve calls to alloca(), and thus make corruption of the stack relatively easy. This vulnerability is exploitable by anybody who can make a connection to the server, meaning that it is a local root exploit in most settings. See this advisory for details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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