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ELSA-2008-0503 Important: Enterprise Linux xorg-x11 security update

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ELSA-2008-0503 Important: Enterprise Linux xorg-x11 security update

Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

06/16/2008

Created

07/25/2018

Added

12/20/2011

Modified

07/04/2017

Description

Integer overflow in the AllocateGlyph function in the Render extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified request fields that are used to calculate a heap buffer size, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-deprecated-libs
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-doc
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-font-utils
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-libs
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-mesa-libgl
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-mesa-libglu
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-sdk
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-tools
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-twm
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-xauth
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-xdm
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-xdmx
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-xfs
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-xnest
oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-xvfb

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2008-1377
APPLE-SA-2009-02-12
29665
29669
CVE - 2008-1377
CVE - 2008-1379
CVE - 2008-2360
CVE - 2008-2361
DSA-1595
OVAL10109
OVAL8966
OVAL8978
OVAL9329
RHSA-2008:0502
RHSA-2008:0503
RHSA-2008:0504
RHSA-2008:0512
SUSE-SA:2008:027
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2008-June/000644.html
43016

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