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RHSA-2011:0432: xorg-x11 security update

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RHSA-2011:0432: xorg-x11 security update

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/08/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/19/2011
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

X.Org is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It providesthe basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical userinterfaces are designed upon.A flaw was found in the X.Org X server resource database utility, xrdb.Certain variables were not properly sanitized during the launch of a user'sgraphical session, which could possibly allow a remote attacker to executearbitrary code with root privileges, if they were able to make the displaymanager execute xrdb with a specially-crafted X client hostname. Forexample, by configuring the hostname on the target system via a craftedDHCP reply, or by using the X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP) toconnect to that system from a host that has a special DNS name.(CVE-2011-0465)Red Hat would like to thank Matthieu Herrb for reporting this issue.Upstream acknowledges Sebastian Krahmer of the SuSE Security Team as theoriginal reporter.Users of xorg-x11 should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain abackported patch to resolve this issue. All running X.Org server instancesmust be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution(s)

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

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