rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0005-1
Published: 2007-01-09
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Severe
Exposure Level Classification:
Local Deterministic Denial of Service
Updated Versions:
xorg-x11=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/6.8.2-30.3-1
xorg-x11-fonts=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/6.8.2-30.3-1
xorg-x11-tools=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/6.8.2-30.3-1
xorg-x11-xfs=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/6.8.2-30.3-1
References:
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6101
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6102
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6103
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-920
Description:
Previous versions of the xorg-x11 package are vulnerable to an attack
which allows authenticated X connections to provide intentionally
malformed data which the X server does not fully validate before
using. This vulnerability is known to enable a Denial of Service
attack; any process with an authenticated connection to the X
server can cause the entire X server process to crash. (It may
enable other attacks as well; the full extent of vulnerabilities
created by these faults is not completely analyzed.)
